Potent Psilocybe mushrooms are thriving in city mulch beds in the Pacific Northwest—hinting that their future is tied to ...

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least ...

Psychedelic mushrooms growing in southern Africa have been identified as a new species that is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis, the most well-known magic mushroom species. The discovery ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A KGW viewer recently left a message asking about a Portland store that appeared to be selling spores for growing mushrooms that contain the psychoactive substance psilocybin, ...