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Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom?
    #9822500 - 02/18/09 09:05 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Hello,

Im new to the board - many thanks for the invaluable info! I have a question and hope someone already knows it or can point me in the right direction. I was wondering what is the purpose of psilocybin for the shroom, i.e. is it to help it fight bacteria, molds, insects, nematodes - what?

Its not an entirely useless question, because, for example, plants secrete more of certain substances in response to certain chem or mechanical stimuli. Same could be for our shroom. I'd like to know.

If you know the answer, better yet have a link or 2 to some papers, thanks a lot in advance :-)

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: psily]
    #9822518 - 02/18/09 09:07 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

thats a good question.. why do they make psilocybin


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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: exzile]
    #9822537 - 02/18/09 09:09 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

realy... your fuckin dumn... the mushie makes it so it well be less likly to be eatin... same reasone frogs produce phsycoactive chems... it's a defense....

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822584 - 02/18/09 09:15 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I think it is a good question? Why would it not be a toxin that could kill you or make you sick? Instead it makes you more aware,hallucinate and be kinda slow with a body load but wont kill you


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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: kupa trooper]
    #9822595 - 02/18/09 09:17 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822596 - 02/18/09 09:17 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

At least he can spell...I don't think it's a defense mechanism because it doesn't act fast enough. I think it is just a chemical reaction to the enzymes and proteins that are produced during the metabolizing of the substrate. There's probably some genetics involved too...


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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: kupa trooper]
    #9822599 - 02/18/09 09:17 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Psilocin*


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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822603 - 02/18/09 09:18 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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realy... your fuckin dumn... the mushie makes it so it well be less likly to be eatin... same reasone frogs produce phsycoactive chems... it's a defense....



:fuckyou: SyeinStrife :hanky:

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822618 - 02/18/09 09:19 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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realy... your fuckin dumn...




That really wasn't very nice.

We probably wont ever know why they produce psilocybin. My question is how and why are they able to produce something that changes my mental state? I wish I had a psilocybin gland :smile:

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: Damion5050]
    #9822630 - 02/18/09 09:20 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




I disagree.

Regardless of what you read, remember this: nobody knows.

It depends who you ask.  :psychsplit:

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: Damion5050]
    #9822633 - 02/18/09 09:21 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Damion5050 said:
Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




...now you know...

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: freespeech]
    #9822643 - 02/18/09 09:22 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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freespeech said:
Quote:

Damion5050 said:
Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




I disagree.

Regardless of what you read, remember this: nobody knows.

It depends who you ask.  :psychsplit:




you probly ask the question of why we have an apendix as well... you stupid fag.

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822648 - 02/18/09 09:23 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Quote:

Damion5050 said:
Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




...now you know...



so since someone who agrees with you can actually spell correctly its a fact right?

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: freespeech]
    #9822655 - 02/18/09 09:24 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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freespeech said:
Quote:

Damion5050 said:
Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




I disagree.

Regardless of what you read, remember this: nobody knows.

It depends who you ask.  :psychsplit:




Of course you disagree, because you want to argue just for the sake are arguing..  Just like poison dart frogs produce poison to protect themselves from being eaten, just like snakes produce venom for defence, same with spiders, everything in nature wants to survive and forms some sort of way to protect itself, it's called a defensive mechanism, and Evolution.

Edited by Damion5050 (02/18/09 09:26 PM)

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: psilyguy]
    #9822659 - 02/18/09 09:25 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

back on its home planet the metapsyche had to figure out a way by which to manifest itself materially throughout the cosmos.  it evolved into sporulating fungus so its progeny could be carried through vast expanses of space, time, and the cold darkness of outer space.  it then grows mycelium under particular conditions that are corollary to the likelihood of mammal life.  this is all just so YOU can eat it.

so, the question isn't, why is there psilocybin in mushrooms, but instead, why did psilocybin choose mushrooms.  but i just answered that.

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: Damion5050]
    #9822671 - 02/18/09 09:27 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Of course you disagree, because you want to argue just for the sake are arguing..  Just like poison dart frogs produce poison to protect themselves from being eaten, just like snakes produce venom for defence, same with spiders, everything in nature wants to survive and forms some sort of way to protect itself, it's called a defensive mechanism..



damn right... wish i had acid spit...

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: 5HR00M5N4K3]
    #9822672 - 02/18/09 09:27 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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5HR00M5N4K3 said:
back on its home planet the metapsyche had to figure out a way by which to manifest itself materially throughout the cosmos.  it evolved into sporulating fungus so its progeny could be carried through vast expanses of space, time, and the cold darkness of outer space.  it then grows mycelium under particular conditions that are corollary to the likelihood of mammal life.  this is all just so YOU can eat it.

so, the question isn't, why is there psilocybin in mushrooms, but instead, why did psilocybin choose mushrooms.  but i just answered that.




LoL good theory :thumbup:

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: Damion5050]
    #9822684 - 02/18/09 09:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Damion5050 said:
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freespeech said:
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Damion5050 said:
Mushrooms produce it as a self-defence mechanism, keep animals from eating them..  They are not toxic to most mammals, they are about as toxin as aspirin to us..




I disagree.

Regardless of what you read, remember this: nobody knows.

It depends who you ask.  :psychsplit:




Of course you disagree, because you want to argue just for the sake are arguing..  Just like poison dart frogs produce poison to protect themselves from being eaten, just like snakes produce venom for defence, same with spiders, everything in nature wants to survive and forms some sort of way to protect itself, it's called a defensive mechanism, and Evolution.



"Evolution" FTW! natural selection of random mutation. defense mechanism is just a side effect. could also call it a mechanism for symbioses.

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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: SyeinStrife]
    #9822685 - 02/18/09 09:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

THATS IT... im going to eat 10g of my PE right now and go ASK THE SHROOMS THEMSELVES!! Im sure they'll say something back to me :rofl2:

But in all seriousness, it does seem like it would be a defense mechanism :shrug:


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Re: Purpose of psilocybin for the shroom? [Re: psily]
    #9822689 - 02/18/09 09:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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Hello,

...I was wondering what is the purpose of psilocybin for the shroom, i.e. is it to help it fight bacteria, molds, insects, nematodes - what?





No one really knows.  My suggestion is you eat a bunch, contemplate it, come back to reality and and tell us why they do it.

off topic -- flaming over spelling -- REALLY?!

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