Step 1: tell the internet cicadas contain drugs.
Step 2: ?
Step 3: guy admitted to hospital with a can of Raid up his ass.
Step 4: Profit?
tiktok cicada drug #challenge
Just read the Wikipedia entry for that fungus. I saw cathinone was mentioned, but I did not see anything about psilocybin
Neither of these links state psilocybin is in the fungus.
Actually you’re right, but I found a better source: https://www.science.org/content/article/psychedelic-keeps-cicada-flying-even-after-fungus-has-destroyed-its-abdomen
From your second link:
Here we report the discovery, through global and targeted metabolomics supported by metagenomics and proteomics, of the plant amphetamine, cathinone, in Massospora cicadina-infected periodical cicadas, and the mushroom tryptamine, psilocybin, in M. platypediae- and M. levispora-infected annual cicadas.
It appears that the two chemicals come from two different fungi. Or I could be misinterpreting that.
Edit: PS. I appreciate all of the content that you post. I just thought this was an interesting subject.
No worries. I am half distracted tonight :)
There we are. Thank you for your diligence!
You will eat the bugs
Not too long ago, I saw a (cruel) recipe for cicadas here on lemmy!
