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Multiple Mushrooms Have Evolved Their Own Ways to Make Psilocybin

Researchers found psilocybin evolved independently in two mushroom groups, revealing new enzymes that could simplify pharmaceutical production, study says.

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A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a completely different pathway to the one used by 'magic' mushrooms, suggesting the psychotropic compound evolved at least twice.

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Multiple Mushrooms Have Evolved Their Own Ways to Make Psilocybin

A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a completely different pathway to the one used by 'magic' mushrooms, suggesting the psychotropic compound evolved at least twice.

·Australia
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Nature Invented Magic Mushrooms Twice and Scientists Still Don’t Know Why

Scientists discover psilocybin evolved twice.

·Bucharest, Romania
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ZME Science broke the news in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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