Alistair McTaggart - The pathway to designer shrooms

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Alistair McTaggart has been collecting specimens and leading Australian research on this intriguing mushroom, admired by foragers and observers alike. His research has led to a new appreciation of the diversity of Psilocybe cubensis in Australia and the possibilities this species may hold going forward.

Thanks to our regular host, Nick Wallis, and the EGA team for making this possible.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:44 Researching Psilocybe cubensis and Psilocybe subaeruginosa
00:01:56 Thanks collaborators!
00:02:34 Project summaries
00:05:24 Psilocybe cubensis SplitsTree
00:09:43 Psilocybe cubensis kinship analyses
00:11:57 Psilocybe cubensis inbreeding coefficient, population and diversity
00:18:27 Psilocybe cubensis homozygosity and heterozygosity
00:20:55 Psilocybe cubensis mating compatibility loci
00:23:50 Psilocybe subaeruginosa SplitsTree
00:27:41 Psilocybe subaeruginosa kinship analyses
00:28:31 Psilocybe subaeruginosa phylogram
00:31:58 Psilocybe subaeruginosa phenotype variation
00:33:39 Psilocybe subaeruginosa mating compatibility loci
00:35:00 Psilocybe cubensis haplotype and psilocybin loci
00:36:29 Psilocybe subaeruginosa SplitsTree and psilocybin loci
00:38:46 Psilocybe subaeruginosa and psiH
00:41:18 Alistair’s personal experience with psilocybin mushrooms
00:41:53 Natural psilocybin and designer shrooms
00:48:57 Psilocybin production, research and industry
00:52:50 Q&A
01:03:57 Outro

- Bio -
Dr Alistair Mctaggart
Alistair is a research fellow for the Centre of Horticultural Science (QAAFI), University of Queensland. He studies the evolution of fungal pathogens, with a focus on rust and smut fungi. He has completed postdocs in Africa, America, and Europe. Alistair has work for UQ, studying the biodiversity of native psychoactive mushrooms in Australia. This research will determine whether Australian magic mushrooms have evolved unique genetic pathways for the production of psilocybin and confirm the endemicity of our native taxa. Alistair will establish a living collection to safeguard genetic diversity and provide a platform to research the applications of psilocybin for human health.

You can contact Alistair via his website - https://alistairmctaggart.weebly.com/

Further Reading
On P. cubensis piece: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982223014604

On P. subaeruginosa:
https://www.authorea.com/users/700719/articles/687526-wood-loving-magic-mushrooms-from-australia-are-saprotrophic-invaders-in-the-northern-hemisphere

https://stories.uq.edu.au/how-magical-are-australia-s-native-magic-mushrooms/index.html

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