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TacoNot@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  cbsnews.com/…/cicadas-zombies-hyper-sexual-sexual…

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Neither of these links state psilocybin is in the fungus.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually you’re right, but I found a better source: science.org/…/psychedelic-keeps-cicada-flying-eve…

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      • TacoNot@mander.xyz ⁨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.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There we are. Thank you for your diligence!

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