Google “grow your own magic shrooms,” and you’ll find no end of YouTube tutorials, online books, and less-than-reputable websites. But cultivating these fungi containing psilocybin, a psychedelic ...

Colorado’s upcoming medical psilocybin system is poised to allow only one species of mushrooms: psilocybe cubensis. Although psilocybe cubensis is the most popular species and includes many strains, ...

In recent years, there's been growing interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms" or "shrooms" as a potentially beneficial therapy for mental health conditions. At the ...

What’s the appetite for psychedelic mushrooms in New Mexico? That’s something state lawmakers want health experts to figure out. Mycologists are waiting for answers, too. Lawmakers passed a memorial ...

A team of biologists, mycologists and microbiologists in the U.S., South Africa and Zimbabwe reports that a species of mushroom growing in parts of Africa is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis ...