Re: AM I HALLUCINATING? (In a word, you could be - see ergot paper)

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If you breathe enough mold you truly will be hallucinating.

Particularly aspergillus spp. that grow on latex paint on things.

See

Abundant respirable ergot alkaloids from the common airborne fungus

Aspergillus fumigatus.

http://aem.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long & pmid=15933008

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Microbiol.');> 2005 Jun;71(6):3106-1

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Division of Plant & Soil Sciences, Genetics & Developmental Biology Program,

401 Hall, West Virginia University, town, West Virginia

26506-6058, USA. danpan@...

Ergot alkaloids are mycotoxins that interact with several monoamine

receptors, negatively affecting cardiovascular, nervous, reproductive, and

immune systems of exposed humans and animals. Aspergillus fumigatus, a

common airborne fungus and opportunistic human pathogen, can produce ergot

alkaloids in broth culture. The objectives of this study were to determine

if A. fumigatus accumulates ergot alkaloids in a respirable form in or on

its conidia, to quantify ergot alkaloids associated with conidia produced on

several different substrates, and to measure relevant physical properties of

the conidia. We found at least four ergot alkaloids, fumigaclavine C,

festuclavine, fumigaclavine A, and fumigaclavine B (in order of abundance),

associated with conidia of A. fumigatus. Under environmentally relevant

conditions, the total mass of ergot alkaloids often constituted >1% of the

mass of the conidium. Ergot alkaloids were extracted from conidia produced

on all media tested, and the greatest quantities were observed when the

fungus was cultured on latex paint or cultured maize seedlings. The values

for physical properties of conidia likely to affect their respirability

(i.e., diameter, mass, and specific gravity) were significantly lower for A.

fumigatus than for Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus niger, and Stachybotrys

chartarum. The demonstration of relatively high concentrations of ergot

alkaloids associated with conidia of A. fumigatus presents opportunities for

investigations of potential contributions of the toxins to adverse health

effects associated with the fungus and to aspects of the biology of the

fungus that contribute to its success.

PMID: 15933008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Joe Salowitz <josephsalowitz@...>

wrote:

> AM I HALLUCINATING? It's the wee hours of the morning, and I am

> checking the day's upcoming weather, on www.weather.com , and look what I

> find, below. This is almost a perfect explanation of everything we have been

> saying for years. Weather dot com is one of the most popular, respected web

> sites on the internet. Millions of people will be reading this information,

> at least for as long as they can sell advertising space.for providing the

> information. So, I am posting this, in the hope that when I wake up, I will

> read this posting on Sickbuildings, and realize that I was not just dreaming

> this, while I was asleep, or hallucinating that I had really read this, due

> to lack of sleep. Am I hallucinating this, from lack of sleep?

>

> Joe

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Quackadillian: Outstanding find. Keep it up.

Best,

Doug Haney

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2008 11:28:35 -0400Subject: Re: [] AM I HALLUCINATING? (In a word,

you could be - see ergot paper)