massospora cicadina! this is so cool https://t.co/eDBcy5Ls9G

Interesting find... #Cicadas with erratic behavior (zombie cicadas) are infected with some fungi that contains #Psilocybin 🍄 and #amphetamines... #CicadaWatch2021 https://t.co/QP5cHaJucp

Psychoactive plant- and mushroom-associated alkaloids from two behavior modifying cicada pathogens https://t.co/lDhA16JEyy

Reading: https://t.co/pq7nCiWDF6 https://t.co/qZNxVFd5Id

ゾンビゼミ、ソースの論文にも行きつけた❣😘 https://t.co/uHknE9D1zY さっそく読んでみたけど、とっても興味深い💕

Psilocybin was detected in 11 of 11 assayed Mas. aff. levispora (NM) plugs and 7 of 8 assayed Mas. levispora (MI) plugs while psilocin was detected in 9 of 11 plugsOf these, psilocybin was quantifiable only in Mas. levispora (MI), with concentrations from

@cloudhidden2 you made a comment on the site. https://t.co/FozDdt0L15

Cigarra contendo psilocibina e catinona? Aventuras fantásticas da natureza. https://t.co/QY1ur1UgmP

https://t.co/RkeFTXCDhI

RT @CicadaScience: Shrooms and Speed https://t.co/A1oB89H560 https://t.co/26bYpA7Oo2

RT @DukeHeitman: Matt Kasson (@kasson_wvu) presenting on fungal psychoactive metabolites in infected cicadas. https://t.co/FB0tUWYZKm @MS…

RT @DukeHeitman: Matt Kasson (@kasson_wvu) presenting on fungal psychoactive metabolites in infected cicadas. https://t.co/FB0tUWYZKm @MS…

RT @DukeHeitman: Matt Kasson (@kasson_wvu) presenting on fungal psychoactive metabolites in infected cicadas. https://t.co/FB0tUWYZKm @MS…

Matt Kasson (@kasson_wvu) presenting on fungal psychoactive metabolites in infected cicadas. https://t.co/FB0tUWYZKm @MSAFungi #MSAfungi19 https://t.co/dtwjesKqIG

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

We also had made the #preprint available which helped get feedback on the project and ideas. I highly recommend that as a way to share work early on. https://t.co/no8EDKv8Kb

RT @bnschlz: @timescanner @johnb78 It's solid science as well https://t.co/5U2FvI3yxD

@timescanner @johnb78 It's solid science as well https://t.co/5U2FvI3yxD

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

Today I learned of a deadly parasitic fungi (massoporsa) which infects cicadas while druging them with biosynthesized psilocybin and amphetamine to encourage spore spread by activity from the insects... also their butts fall off https://t.co/fWJjKhPq4D

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @stephenjbright: #Cathinone, found in Massospora cicadina-infected #psilocybin, in M. platypediae- and M. levispora-infected annual cica…

#Cathinone, found in Massospora cicadina-infected #psilocybin, in M. platypediae- and M. levispora-infected annual cicadas. Help #foodsecurity and get high at the same time! @EGAPolicy @Steph_Godrich https://t.co/RgOjA0EEgX

RT @dreamgbutterfly: Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens https://t.co/7H9L7zPINH

Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens https://t.co/7H9L7zPINH

@PaulStamets I dont know if you're aware of this recent discovery: https://t.co/TllWAUSGQM (A cicada infecting zygomycota apparently produces cathinone and psilocybin)

@AbbeAtSea Also, work from @kasson_wvu and colleagues characterizing psilocybin in the cicada pathogen Massospora! https://t.co/DdImXcAJcm

これか https://t.co/HJSbBkGAEO

Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens https://t.co/nJaqBndjNP

RT @insectphysJBB: Interesting paper on drugs and cicadas! Fungal pathogens are so cool. https://t.co/nzvepNtL6H

Interesting paper on drugs and cicadas! Fungal pathogens are so cool. https://t.co/nzvepNtL6H

RT @HeadsNews: Psilocybin & cicadas: "Discovery of psychoactive plant & mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens" https://t.co…

RT @HeadsNews: Psilocybin & cicadas: "Discovery of psychoactive plant & mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens" https://t.co…

RT @HeadsNews: Psilocybin & cicadas: "Discovery of psychoactive plant & mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens" https://t.co…

Psilocybin & cicadas: "Discovery of psychoactive plant & mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens" https://t.co/rbPRX1GtGu https://t.co/tMdvI4No5d

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RZNE!! Bugs with psilocybin infections?!?! https://t.co/b7vuj4AVN8

RT @MAPSCanada: The #fungus #Massospora is parasitic to #cicadas, @kasson_wvu's lab found that the fungus contains both #psilocybin and #ca…

RT @MAPSCanada: The #fungus #Massospora is parasitic to #cicadas, @kasson_wvu's lab found that the fungus contains both #psilocybin and #ca…

The #fungus #Massospora is parasitic to #cicadas, @kasson_wvu's lab found that the fungus contains both #psilocybin and #cathinone, a stimulant. How these act in the cicadas' brain is unknown: https://t.co/wXJPzHbZtn @TheAtlantic orig res: https://t.co/NO4

RT @jkellogg916: Cool #chemical #ecology: #psychoactive plant and #mushroom alkaloids in cicadas (#psilocybin and cathione) potentially red…

Cool #chemical #ecology: #psychoactive plant and #mushroom alkaloids in cicadas (#psilocybin and cathione) potentially reduce appetite, increase mating and reduce pain/awareness of the infection to spread spores. Could you call them Cicadadelic #insects??

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

En mi gobierno, crearemos empleo y riqueza produciendo una versión para humanos que será liberada cada 5 años https://t.co/2CTbMiQvYL

RT @kasson_wvu: Just posted @biorxivpreprint describing a once in a lifetime discovery out of my lab led by @gboyce304. We discovered that…

never a dull moment in the mycoverse

It may explain why cicadas infected with mushroom were valued as medicine called “winter as an insect, summer as a plant” (冬虫夏草) in ancient China.

For the bioRxiv preprint: https://t.co/8aXhFqONAe #biologyisweird

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

When you think enthomopathogenic fungi can not get cooler, you got this @biorxivpreprint including @hyphaltip, @hyphaltip and many others https://t.co/NkHz263tSz Plus, you get @edyong209 take

Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens https://t.co/aX6IsQQN3b

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

Whoa. 😳

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

wut!

Time to start eating bugs! #psychedelic #tripping #shrooms #mycology

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens https://t.co/Nwov1adWwL https://t.co/gF2InI85DY

ok cool but also ew

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

wow

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

This shit is wild... it's like something from a sci-fi flick

Enthnozoopharmacognosy, or bugs as drugs.

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

👀👀👀👀

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

EAT THE BUG!!!

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…

RT @Erowid: This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now li…