• TacoNot
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    7 months ago

    From your second link:

    Here we report the discovery, through global and targeted metabolomics supported by metagenomics and proteomics, of the plant amphetamine, cathinone, in Massospora cicadina-infected periodical cicadas, and the mushroom tryptamine, psilocybin, in M. platypediae- and M. levispora-infected annual cicadas.

    It appears that the two chemicals come from two different fungi. Or I could be misinterpreting that.

    Edit: PS. I appreciate all of the content that you post. I just thought this was an interesting subject.

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      7 months ago

      No worries. I am half distracted tonight :)