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An Undescribed Psilocybin sp. in the Desert

An Undescribed Psilocybin sp. in the Desert

FromCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't


An Undescribed Psilocybin sp. in the Desert

FromCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't

ratings:
Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode consists of a rant about code-switching and friendship/cordiality through friction and being a pain in the ass, along with why dissecting flowers (and not just taking them at face value) with a razorblade or knife is important for understanding evolution, plant breeding systems and pollination ecology, what being "protogynous" is and why so many early-braching angiosperms do it, trying to offend advertisers, helping cacti bang in order to produce seed, and how an undescribed Gymnopilus species found growing on a shrubby Ambrosia species in the Baja California Desert  (thumbnail photo for this episode on spotify) actually contains the psychoactive compound Psilocybin (albeit at very small amounts) as confirmed through HIgh Pressure Liquid Chromatography
Released:
Mar 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An antidote to the nausea caused by life in modern society via explorations of the cast of plant species composing the "living skin" of Planet Earth.