Evolution of the toxins muscarine and psilocybin in a family of mushroom-forming fungi.

Evolution of the toxins muscarine and psilocybin in a family of mushroom-forming fungi.

Mushroom-forming fungi produce a wide array of toxic alkaloids. However, evolutionary analyses aimed at exploring the evolution of muscarine, a toxin that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, and psilocybin, a hallucinogen, have never been performed. The known taxonomic distribution of mus...

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Main Authors: Pawel Kosentka, Sarah L Sprague, Martin Ryberg, Jochen Gartz, Amanda L May, Shawn R Campagna, P Brandon Matheny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3662758?pdf=render

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