title: Phylogenetic relationship of psychoactive fungi based on rRNA gene for a large subunit and their identification using the TaqMan assay (II).
abstract: "Magic mushroom (MM)" is the name most commonly given to psychoactive fungi containing the hallucinogenic components: psilocin (1) and psilocybin (2). We investigated the rRNA gene (internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU)) of two Panaeolus species and four Psilocybe species fungi (of these, two are non-psilocybin species). On the basis of sequence alignment, we improved the identification system developed in our previous study. In this paper, we describe the new system capable of distinguishing MMs from non-psilocybin Psilocybe species, its application data and the phylogeny of MM species.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1, Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukiharu
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goda
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011562:Psilocybin / Q000032:analysis; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D006213:Hallucinogens; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D011562:Psilocybin