Shrooms in space: fungi as extraterrestrial building materials, fertilizer, and, yep, to get astronauts high

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Groovy.

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Perhaps, say, eight miles high?

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Zero hour 9:00 a.m.
And I’m gonna be high
As a kite by then

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Very cool! Fungi absolutely make sense as a food source (The Expanse, anyone?) and I’d be very curious if they do opt to test psilocybin strains while up there too. Preliminary psilocybin testing results from groups like Johns Hopkins have sounded promising.

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They’re why I don’t need space travel.

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How about time travel?

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Well, with the right kind of hot sauce, one can see through time.

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‘slybin trippin’ astronaughts/psychonaughts = proto Navigator Guild?
the spice must floooow

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I’m in mushroom innerspace right now!

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The fun part is I cannot unsee Anthony Rapp whenever I see or hear the name Paul Stamets.

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