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1. sparseMatrix (dangoljames@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 11:12:06 UTC sparseMatrix

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

   @clacke

   psilocybin bearing fungi such as psilocybe cubensis and ergot

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 11:12:05 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @dangoljames Yeah, are those insecticides or antifungals or something, or do they just happen to be in the plant?
   • sparseMatrix (dangoljames@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 11:33:11 UTC sparseMatrix

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     @clacke

     They’re not intended to kill the insect, just discourage them.

     Nothing ‘just happens’, it’ all driven by evolutionary selection.

     psilocybin and ergotamine are not antifungals, they are the products of fungi. I think they discourage predators in general, particularly mammals.

     Also, I was just thinking of another of these substances when you replied lol

     capsaicin from chili pappers

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 11:33:11 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @dangoljames chili is on the list =)
     
     Yeah, with "just happens" I meant "toxicity as such isn't essential to their contribution to the plant's fitness".