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Re:Psiloscoby: Psilocybin Brewed by Kombucha by howlgarnish on Friday November 27, 2020 @04:26AM (#25226921)
This article seems like wild speculation, while this team in Denmark says they've already done it: https://newatlas.com/science/psilocybin-synthesis-yeast-bact...

...using boring old yeast, not GMO kombucha!

Re:Psiloscoby: Psilocybin Brewed by Kombucha by peterlk on Friday November 27, 2020 @04:52AM (#25227100)
Any yeast that produces psilocybin is GMO unless there is some yeast in nature that naturally produces it. The article you link uses GMO yeast
Re:Psiloscoby: Psilocybin Brewed by Kombucha by Nursie on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:35AM (#25227411)
The article linked here is talking about using gene-editing to create a kombucha culture that can produce it too.
Re:Psiloscoby: Psilocybin Brewed by Kombucha by blonde_ocean on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:27AM (#25228513)
I exited out when the authors claimed that “kombucha provides good set and setting.”