Researchers find gene clusters that suggest making psilocybin gave mushroom a fitness advantage in natural selection.
Researchers at Ohio State University discovered new psilocybin gene clusters in the genomes of 3 hallucinogenic mushrooms, suggesting horizontal gene transfer between fungal lineages. They hypothesize that being able to synthesize psilocybin may have “provided a fitness advantage in the dung and late wood-decay fungal niches.” The new genomes can be used as models in neurochemical ecology.
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