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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

The "dark magic mushroom" co-produces amatoxins and psilocybin.

Andrew R Kunik, Michael W Christopher, Benjamin Lemmond, Bryn T M Dentinger, Jason Slot, Timothy J Garrett, Matthew E Smith

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Andrew R KunikDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1541-4551
Michael W ChristopherDepartment of Chemistry, University of Florida; Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5805-5352
Benjamin LemmondDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9594-1927
Bryn T M DentingerSchool of Biological Sciences and Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7965-4389
Jason SlotDepartment of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6731-3405
Timothy J GarrettDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida; Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1623-009X
Matthew E SmithDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0878-0932

Funding

Mass Spectrometry Techniques to Identify and Characterize New Indole/Tryptamine Chemical Probes for Understanding Psychedelics' Therapeutic Mechanism in Substance Use DisordersF31DA060559 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI CHRISTOPHER, MICHAEL · 2025 to 2025
$44k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA060559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most famous chemicals produced by mushrooms are the psychedelic compound psilocybin from "magic mushrooms" and amatoxins from deadly poisonous mushrooms. These compounds are known to occur in multiple phylogenetically disjunct fungal lineages but have never been shown to co-occur within a single species. Here we show that the "dark magic mushroom"

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