Apologies for the delay. At last, the data are in a state to analyse. We ended up with 85 genomes funded by BioPlatforms Australia, of which 80 were Psilocybe subaeruginosa.
The data are assembled and annotated, and the below figure is a way to visualise the relationships among the sampled populations, plus three genomes from GenBank of P. azurescens and P. cyanescens. The most obvious take home at this early stage is P. azurescens and P. cyanescens are likely conspecific with P. subaeruginosa. No surprises here, this was always the hypothesis. But good to see it play out the way we expected. These data aren't perfect yet and I'm still finalising the SNPs. More information coming, especially on the psilocybin gene cluster, soon! Most of my time at the moment is toward publishing the analyses of P. cubensis and the story behind their introduction to Australia. We've resolved mating in cubes, which is similar to P. subaeruginosa, but with more red herrings for compatibility. I'll tease this out a tad more soon. @Feral Beryl Bunyip, I sequenced a genome of one of the mushrooms you sent me. Give me a shout if you have dreams of what should happen with this treat :).
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James
2/12/2023 06:14:44 pm
I would really like to read the full copy of your scientific study when it's complete.
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Alistair
3/19/2023 09:03:43 pm
Hi James,
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