Phylogenomics of the psychoactive mushroom genus Psilocybe and evolution of the psilocybin biosynthetic gene cluster

AJ Bradshaw, V Ramírez-Cruz… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Psychoactive mushrooms in the genus Psilocybe have immense cultural value and have
been used for centuries in Mesoamerica. Despite the recent surge of interest in these …

Evolutionary morphogenesis of sexual fruiting bodies in basidiomycota: toward a new evo-devo synthesis

M Virágh, Z Merényi, Á Csernetics, C Földi… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development of sexual fruiting bodies is one of the most complex morphogenetic
processes in fungi. Mycologists have long been fascinated by the morphological and …

DNA Authentication and Chemical Analysis of Psilocybe Mushrooms Reveal Widespread Misdeterminations in Fungaria and Inconsistencies in Metabolites

AJ Bradshaw, TA Backman… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mushroom genus Psilocybe is best known as the core group of psychoactive
mushrooms, yet basic information on their diversity, taxonomy, chemistry, and general …

Phylogenomic analyses of nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic and interconverting enzymes illuminate cell wall composition in fungi

J Schwerdt, H Qiu, N Shirley, A Little, V Bulone - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungi are an enormously successful eukaryotic lineage that has colonized every aerobic
habitat on Earth. This spectacular expansion is reflected in the dynamism and diversity of the …

Draft Genome Sequence of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Astraeus odoratus from Northern Thailand

T Kijpornyongpan, W Juntachai - Microbiology Resource …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report the draft genome sequence of Astraeus odoratus, an edible ectomycorrhizal
fungus from northern Thailand. The assembled genome has a size of 45.1 Mb and 13,403 …