The faithful who attend the Psychedelic Church of Colorado Springs have the choice to supercharge their spiritual experience. After a safety lecture, members may consume magic mushrooms, whose ...

The Scottsdale Research Institute grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month, the organization announced that it will use those ...

The Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month, the organization announced that it will use ...

First it was wine. Then it was weed. Now? Mushrooms. Microdosing psilocybin, the active compound in so-called “magic ...

That project, which the Food and Drug Administration has greenlit, exemplifies a renaissance of research investigating the psychotherapeutic potential of a drug that has been federally prohibited ...

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule. By Rachel Nuwer No one knows why magic mushrooms evolved to produce ...

When you think of a mushroom—whether psilocybin or portobello—you probably envision a stem and cap common for this type of fungi. The new Snowball mushroom is anything but typical. This particular ...

Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edible products sold in Portland, Ore., and found no trace of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound that gives magic mushrooms their name. Instead seven of the ...

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