@fungolution

Fungal Evolution Professor at Ohio State. Opinions my own. Ideas are judged by how competitive they are in an open ecosystem. Refuse to infantilize my audience.

 Columbus, OH
u.osu.edu/slot.1/
Joined July 2011
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doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-1…

Evolution, structure and function of the putative biosynthetic gene cluster of the fungal secondary...

Communications Biology - Genome sequencing, expressed gene function and phylogenetic analyses of two myriocin-producing fungi provide insights into to the genetic origins of this natural-product...

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Replying to @tracyktownsend
we use the term psiloids to denote those tryptamines in the psilocybin pathway. Some species have differential retention of precursors or aeruginascin, which is derived from psilocybin by an additional N- methylation.
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Replying to @MarshallWheels
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Replying to @wil_da_beast630
That's exactly where I have landed for the past 20 years.
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As long as we're being even handed about costs and benefits and responsibilities.
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Replying to @JamesMelville
Um... Ontario was already an American name. Ontario province was named after the lake. Is this a self-own?
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Replying to @wil_da_beast630
If a civilization is destroyed, barbarism takes hold. US foreign policy contributed to the current state of things there. More war will only cement what the previous wars accomplished.
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That's a lot of energy to get stuff out of our orbit with rockets. Now, hear me out, if we were to build a large tower that reaches outside Earth's gravity...
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Subspecies-specific metabolic gene clusters orchestrate polyphenol dynamics for modular metabolic breeding in sugarcane #commentary #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-communication…
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Could this microorganism be a fossil Phytophthora infecting a Carboniferous seed? @KamounLab @dromius @Tolga_Bzkrt
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New Phytologist@NewPhytJul 28
From genotype to microbiome function: a gene–metabolite–microbiome pathway shaping plant nutrient acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/… #Commentary by Pang and Yu highlighting the recent work by Xu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Mechanistic framework for host genetic regulation of rhizosphere microbiome assembly under low phosphorus conditions.

ALT Mechanistic framework for host genetic regulation of rhizosphere microbiome assembly under low phosphorus conditions.

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"Evolution, structure and function of the putative biosynthetic gene cluster of the fungal secondary metabolite myriocin, a potent inhibitory sphingolipid" nature.com/articles/s42003-0…

Evolution, structure and function of the putative biosynthetic gene cluster of the fungal secondary...

Communications Biology - Genome sequencing, expressed gene function and phylogenetic analyses of two myriocin-producing fungi provide insights into to the genetic origins of this natural-product...

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The "dark magic mushroom" co-produces amatoxins and psilocybin biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

The “dark magic mushroom” co-produces amatoxins and psilocybin

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...

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Replying to @markowenmartin
Socratic dialog and oral exams.
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Replying to @juliet_turner6
Did I catch you slippin' on implied teleology language?
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New Phytologist@NewPhytJul 21
Partial mycoheterotrophy: a common strategy in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants? Merckx et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Proposed autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy continuum among mycorrhizal plants, based on Johnson et al. (1997).

ALT Proposed autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy continuum among mycorrhizal plants, based on Johnson et al. (1997).

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Cameron Thrash@jcamthrashJul 21
Groundwater microbial communities across the terrestrial subsurface nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Groundwater microbial communities across the terrestrial subsurface

Nature Microbiology - Here the authors propose the concept of ‘microbial frugality’ as an evolutionary outcome of life under the chronic energy limitation of the subsurface and a way to...

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Replying to @wil_da_beast630
Tell us again about how the two alternatives are "prey morality" and doing what makes you happy within the bounds of the law. Seems this is non-prey, extra-legal, moral indignation applied. If the law got there first, it would still be to quell this moral indignation. And why?
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Replying to @fungolution @wil_da_beast630
...what will make him/his circle happy could very well impinge on the goal. Morality encodes behaviors that have at some point proven to benefit the environment that favors survival and the pursuit of happiness of those groups that hold it.
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You seem to be setting up a binary of "prey morality" and amorality. Morality is the evolving software of social cohesion. The laws that constrain the amoral are envisioned through the lens of morality, which takes many forms beyond "prey morality". The individual's idea of (ctd)
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