The origin of the most cultivated hallucinogenic mushroom in the world turns out to be much older than previously assumed.

“Magic mushrooms” have fascinated humans for centuries, not only for their psychedelic effects but also for their potential in treating depression. Researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena ...

Although the Psilocybe doesn't do stomach-churning extreme phasing, you are unlikely to be looking at a pedal such as this if those sounds are what you crave. For those that want a phaser capable of ...

Danish drug development company Octarine Bio has partnered with Clerkenwell Health to conduct clinical trials that will use biosynthetic psilocybin. Psilocybin, the key ingredient in magic mushrooms, ...

Canada's first legal extraction by a public company is a landmark moment for the global psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies landscape Numinus Bioscience is establishing itself at the forefront of ...

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

Psilocybe cubensis, a mushroom that produces the psychoactive compound psilocybin. Felix Blei / Leibniz-HKI Researchers don’t know exactly how psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in psychedelic ...

Colorado could limit the state’s emerging magic mushroom industry to one strain and severely restrict the use of psilocybin extractions, according to the final draft of proposed natural medicine ...

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 ...