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Plants of the Gods: S4E9. Part 2 — Mushroom Magic with Giuliana Furci
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
The Commonalities of Fungi and Humans
Merlin: People don't realize that fungi are more closely related to people than they are to plants. At a molecular level, fungi and humans are similar enough to benefit from many of the same biochemical innovations. Penicillin, a compound that could defend fungi from bacterial infection, turned out to defend humans as well.
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