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The Lightning
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Guess The Fungal / Mushroom Chemical ! 1
#19336895 - 12/28/13 12:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Introduction
Welcome! This thread is here to have fun and learn chemicals that are found in fungi, including those in the order Agaricales.
It's also for learning chemistry.
There's only one rule (and you can probably find a way to break it if you want): Make sure it's verifiable so we're sure of what we're identifying.
You are allowed to use all online tools available to you in whatever way you see fit.
Please first post an answer to the previous GUESS before adding an additional guess for others.
I recommend adding both a pic of the chemical and a pic of a mushroom or fungus that generates your chemical.
It's also way cooler if everyone tries to guess the mushroom along with the chemical!!
Feel free to be creative in what info you present for us to guess. It doesn't have to be a "sacred" chemical or medicinal. It just has to be a noteworthy chemical known in a species of fungi.
I'll start.
Hint: This is an extremely common chemical found in plants and animals. It is mentioned in articles on Trametes versicolor. (It has two common names). It is a fatty acid.
Above: Trametes versicolor, a commonly discovered medicinal fungus
You can request more hints or ask a question.
Also, if you haven't already done so, please adjust your Shroomery - Account - Display preferences (...) to reflect the following:
A. Show full-sized hosted images instead of thumbnails? YES
B. Limit width of images in posts? 900 px.
The Shroomery looks a lot cooler with these two settings.
UPDATE. Chemicals we have begun to explore:
11,11'-dideoxyverticillin A 40S small subunit 6-chloro-4-phenyl-2H-chromen-2-one Acromelic Acid A Aeruginascin Aflatoxin B1 Alpha-Amanitin Altertoxin II Aminoacyl-tRNA (charged) Anandamide Anisaldehyde Antamanide Aquaporin Arabitol Arsphenamine-pentamer Aspergillin Astaxanthin ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) Atromentin Atropine Baeocystin Beta-glucan Betulinic Acid Botcinin A Cajanol Carbon Chitin Chitinases Ciclosporin Citrate Clitocine CO2 (Carbon dioxide) Coprine Cordycepin Cycloprop-2-ene Carboxylic Acid D-Glucose (Dextrose) Daldinal A DOPA decarboxylase DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) Ergotamine Ergothioneine Flammutoxin Fumaric Acid Ganoderic Acid A Gliotoxin Grifolin Griseofulvin Gyromitrin H2O Haematopodin Ibotenic Acid Lampterol (Illudin-S) Lignin Linoleic acid Lovastatin Lucidenic Acid F Lysergic acid hydroxyethylamide Monacolin k Muscarine Mycophenolic acid NADP+ Nor-Baeocystin (Nor-Baeocystine, Norbeocystin) Norbadione A Orellanine OXIRANEMETHANOL,3,3'-(1,3-BUTADIYNE-1,4-DIYL)BIS-,(2R-(2ALPHA,3BETA(2'R*,3'R*))) Paclitaxel Palmitic Acid (Hexadecanoic Acid) Penicillin Plectasin Pleuran Pleuromutilin Pleuromutilin Psilocin (Psilocine) Psilocybin (Psilocybine) Riboflavin RNA Polymerase II Seratonin Silibinin Sotolon Sterigmatocystin Strigolactones Strontium Strontium 90 T2 (T-2) Taxol Tenellin Theanine (L-Theanine) Tryptamine Tryptophan Uranium-235 and -236 Variegatic Acid Vitamin D2 Wortmannin Xylarone Zymosan
Please don't delete your images from previous posts!
Edited by The Lightning (02/21/15 04:12 PM)
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19336926 - 12/28/13 12:40 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Decahexanoic acid, or whatever IUPAC decrees is the appropriate prefix for 16 carbons.
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: raceme]
#19336942 - 12/28/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
raceme said: Decahexanoic acid, or whatever IUPAC decrees is the appropriate prefix for 16 carbons.
I cannot accept that name and/or spelling.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337052 - 12/28/13 01:17 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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palmitic acid?
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Sporulator]
#19337057 - 12/28/13 01:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sporulator said: palmitic acid?
Yes, sir! It's also known as hexadecanoic acid.
And for confirmation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitic_acid
You're up!
Edited by The Lightning (12/28/13 01:22 PM)
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337064 - 12/28/13 01:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Lightning said:
Quote:
raceme said: Decahexanoic acid, or whatever IUPAC decrees is the appropriate prefix for 16 carbons.
I cannot accept that name and/or spelling.
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Ran-D
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337071 - 12/28/13 01:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well I will probably never be able to guess anything right, but I can learn from this thread!
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Anglerfish]
#19337072 - 12/28/13 01:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Anglerfish said:
It hurt but it had to be done.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337093 - 12/28/13 01:32 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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An acid found in Ganoderma lucidum based on a steroid skeleton structure.
Edited by Sporulator (12/28/13 01:37 PM)
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Sporulator]
#19337101 - 12/28/13 01:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Let's give everyone a hint with the first several guesses. Maybe two or three.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Ran-D]
#19337106 - 12/28/13 01:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Ran-D said: Well I will probably never be able to guess anything right, but I can learn from this thread!
I believe the learning part feeds a lot of the drive in all the "Guess..."-threads.
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Sporulator]
#19337141 - 12/28/13 01:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is it Ganoderic acid A?
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337149 - 12/28/13 01:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Lightning said: Is it Ganoderic acid A?
Correct!
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337151 - 12/28/13 01:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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ooo oooooo! great idea for a thread! don't have time today but this looks like fun!
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: RuralAnomaly]
#19337167 - 12/28/13 01:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Okay. This one's super easy and it's to help start the thread.
Instead of an image of the chemical, I'm going to post a sentence describing the chemical with a hint.
The name of the chemical has one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds.
Hint: When mushrooms are in their healthiest, natural state of existence they are made up of approximately 90% of this chemical.
(Please show off a bit when you answer if possible).
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337176 - 12/28/13 01:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dihydrogen monoxide!
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Anglerfish]
#19337192 - 12/28/13 01:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Anglerfish said: Dihydrogen monoxide!
I lol'd a bit. I cannot accept this name.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Anglerfish]
#19337207 - 12/28/13 02:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Anglerfish said: Dihydrogen monoxide!
Next time I go out to eat I'm going to ask for a cup of that.
Once when I was younger I was at a fast food joint and asked for a cup for water, and of course I filled it with sprite or something. The lady behind the counter tried to sound smart and said, "I know you're drinking soda, H-O-2 don't have bubbles in it."
Edited by Ran-D (12/28/13 02:01 PM)
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337214 - 12/28/13 02:01 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Lightning said: I cannot accept this name.
Ok, here are many - please take your pick:
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19337235 - 12/28/13 02:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Lightning said:
Quote:
raceme said: Decahexanoic acid, or whatever IUPAC decrees is the appropriate prefix for 16 carbons.
I cannot accept that name and/or spelling.
I'll bet you're part of the IUPAC mafia, aren't you?
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