Psilocybe maluti was found growing in pastureland on cow manure in the Free State and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces of South Africa, as well as the highlands of Lesotho. Two new species of psychoactive ...

Magic mushrooms are quietly taking root across the Pacific Northwest. It happens every winter and spring when conditions are just right. After a few good rains, some cool nights, and a bit of sun, ...

Researchers don’t know exactly how psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, evolved. Now, a new study adds to the mystery: Its findings reveal that two different groups of ...

Dear Doctor Cat: There are a lot of parallels between the two. After all, this is plant medicine we’re talking about (and fungi, but you get the point). There are dozens, if not hundreds, of species ...

Somehow, for reasons that are still unclear, the natural world gave rise to tiny mushrooms teeming with the psychoactive compound psilocybin. Even more astonishingly, the ability to produce this ...

Two paths lead to the same molecule: Independently of each other, different genera of ‘magic mushrooms’ have developed two different enzyme pathways that produce the same psychoactive substance, ...

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least twice in mushrooms, and in very different ways. Researchers in Germany and ...

Denver, CO-based Mush Love Genetics, a mushroom spore distributor for microscopy research purposes, is offering customers access to the top rare mushroom strains on the market. A recently published ...

A study of 19 patients with treatment-resistant depression treated with psilocybin in Switzerland found psilocybin was ...