“No one knows why magic mushrooms evolved to produce psilocybin, a powerful psychedelic molecule. But this trait was apparently so beneficial for fungi that it independently evolved in two distantly related types of mushrooms.”
🍄 Psilocybe (magic mushrooms) thrive on decaying material such as decomposing organic matter or cow dung. 💩
🍄🟫 Inocybe (fiber caps) are symbiotic organisms that form intimate, mutually beneficial relationships with trees. 🌳
https://archive.ph/bdHG1
