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EGAP v3 is Here: Powering Genome Assembly for Fungi and Beyond
A preview of the work in progress for the Entheome Foundation: an accessible Python program for genomic data alignment and tree building.
Ian Bollinger
May 93 min read
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Hyphae Leaks Podcast #5 - A Discussion with Hamilton Morris
Hyphae Leaks hosted a multi-day conversation with psychedelic documentarian and luminary Hamilton Morris.
Ian Bollinger
Oct 24, 20231 min read
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Towards a Standardized Dialogue: Psilocybin-Containing Mushroom Dosing Conversation
[T]he next best step forward in that conversation is "milligrams of PCB/PCBeq per gram of fruit"
Ian Bollinger
Oct 18, 20237 min read
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PREVIEW: PhyloPipeline - A Multiple-Sequence-Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Pipeline in Python
A preview of the work in progress for the Entheome Foundation: an accessible Python program for genomic data alignment and tree building.
Ian Bollinger
Dec 9, 20221 min read
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The PokeGene Project: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Pokemon
This project's intent has been to elucidate the strange patterns that emerge from modern day observations of Pokemon.
Ian Bollinger
Apr 1, 20225 min read
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Stability of tryptamines in Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms
Gotvaldová et al. of this 2020 study, seek out to answer questions around optimal storage conditions and analysis.

Dustin Theibert
Sep 9, 20215 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #10 - William Padilla-Brown
One of my favorite conversations discussing some of his brilliant insights: the Truffled-Vole Hypothesis.
Ian Bollinger
Jul 29, 20211 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #9 - Ayize Jama-Everett
The topics for this discussion center around Storytelling, Narratives, and the flaws latent in a 'mono-myth' perspective.
Ian Bollinger
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #8 - Danielle Negrin
We welcome to the conversation the Executive Director of the San Francisco Psychedelic Society and our good friend, Danielle Negrin.
Ian Bollinger
May 14, 20211 min read
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Psychoactive alkaloids from cicada-infecting parasitic fungi
Discovery of three alkaloids (cathinone, psilocybin & psilocin) from a family of parasitic insect fungi Massospora cicadina.

Dustin Theibert
May 13, 20215 min read
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SFPS Psychedelic Variety #2 - Oakland Hyphae & Hyphae Labs - The First Ever Psilocybin Cup
We talk about why we chose to engage in the project, how we did it from grass-roots, and how we were told the whole time it was impossible.
Ian Bollinger
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #7 - Saul Alba feat. Lydia Abernethy
We are joined by Integrative Pest Management Specialist Saul Alba, who joins the conversation as a former professional mushroom cultivator w
Ian Bollinger
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #6 - Victor
We are joined by the Founder of the Entheome Foundation, Victor. His vision is to see the burgeoning entheogen movement instill ...
Ian Bollinger
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #5 - Lydia Abernethy
We pick up where we left off the conversation with the always potent scientist and friend of the podcast, Lydia Abernethy.
Ian Bollinger
Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Mycelia from Japanese entheogenic mushroom found to outperform pure psilocybin as treatment for OCD
Scientists investigated the potential for Psilocybe subcaerulipes as a treatment for compulsive behaviors via mouse model.
Ian Bollinger
Feb 15, 20219 min read
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Preliminary tryptamine potency analysis from dried, homogenized fruit bodies of Psilocybe mushrooms
We worked with our client Oakland Hyphae to develop a testing method for analysis of tryptamines in various Psilocybe cubensis species varie
Ian Bollinger
Feb 1, 20215 min read
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A proposed phylogenetic history of Ergot: the Claviceps species complex through time
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323373856 Scientists (Kamila Píchová, et al) compiled genetic and chemical data to better...
Ian Bollinger
Jan 25, 20219 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #4 - Ayize Jama-Everett
Author, Master of Divinity, Therapist, Teacher, and World Traveler; the ever-insightful and thought provoking, Ayize Jama-Everett joins...
Ian Bollinger
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Endosymbiosis & entheogens: Curse of the psychedelic lichen
Vibrantly colored lichen, Dictyonema huaorani, documented to have tryptamine-like entheogenic qualities.
Ian Bollinger
Jan 3, 20218 min read
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Understanding Entheogens Podcast #3 - Bob Otis
Bob Otis joins the conversation about where his work with entheogens led him, and how listening might lead the world towards flourishing.
Ian Bollinger
Dec 27, 20201 min read
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