What's the evolutionary basis for Psilocybin's role in fungi?

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A thread is opened, asking "Why do shrooms have psilocybin/psilocin?"

RR said:

Reason: Because they do. Off topic. Thread closed.

My oh my. What a wonderful way to grow a community centered around discussion. Roger seems to have some sort of pompous superiority complex.

Does anyone have insight into this?

I personally have enjoyed Efrain Azmitia's Evolution of Serotonin: Sunlight to Suicide, but it talks mostly about the role of indoles in plants rather than anything psilocybin/shroom related. But yea, that's just an example of the type of literature that would answer this question well. Anyone have something similar but for shrooms?

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