Florida's 'dark magic' mushrooms have a deadly combination of chemicals never seen before
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A tiny brown mushroom found in Florida's swamps is the first known fungus to contain both psilocybin, the chemical compound in psychedelic mushrooms; and amatoxin, the poisonous substance in the world's deadliest mushrooms.The species, Galerina indica, has been nicknamed the "dark magic mushroom" and was characterized in a study published Wednesday (Nov. 11) in the journal Current Biology."There is no species of mushroom anywhere, in any group, that has been known to produce both at the same tim
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