Thank you to Kelly from BioPlatforms Australia, who has helped support sequencing of 100 genomes of Psilocybe subaeruginosa collected in 2022. Thank you also to the collectors of P. subaeruginosa: Caine B (and helpers), Snu, Jan T, Dave H (and team from Kosciuszko), Tim S, and anyone who has anonymously sent prints. Our project is just over one year in, with quite a lot of data considering there has been no financial support (until BioPlatforms stepped in). There are over 100 haploid cultures of Psilocybe lodged in the herbarium, and we will have sequenced 140 genomes in less than 18 months. This is an effort from the community interested in Psilocybe, I'm just the bloke at the end of the chain.
The stories on mating, biodiversity, introduction of P. cubensis, and variation at the psilocybin locus are unfolding nicely. I probably won't have finished everything before my contract finishes in November, but I'll keep working on genetics of magic mushrooms as long as I have a computer, and all these data will be made public for the community to blaze ahead. Pictured below, preparation of the 100 cultures for sequencing. Get in touch if you would like to make use of the data, otherwise they'll be public in 2 years maximum (from when I get the raw data).
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Finn Bulman
10/13/2022 05:09:26 pm
Hi Alistair, do you know of any similar research taking place in NZ and/or would you be interested in including NZ samples in your project? Wonder how species across the ditch compare genetically. I'm also keen to find out if any of the Psilocybe species are mycorrhizal..
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