Mushrooms pose significant risks to human health due to the presence of poisonous species that can easily be mistaken for ...

They're also the reason that psilocybin is one of today's most talked-about drugs in certain medical circles. Worldwide, more than 180 species of mushrooms produce psilocybin, likely as a defense ...

Certain fungi species that spontaneously produce psilocybin ... Within the world of psilocybin mushrooms, there's a big –and growing– variety of them that can be found in nature.

Over the past month the first cohort of participants have undergone sessions with mushroom extract containing a specific dose ...

“This study is an extension of our earlier manuscript published in the same journal, and we have further publications in preparation that are based on this same study,” says researcher at the ...

There are a variety of species of psychedelic mushrooms. Psilocybin mushrooms, also called magic mushrooms, contain the chemical psilocybin which "can cause people to experience distorted sights ...

Psychedelic drug psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, is as good at reducing symptoms of depression as conventional treatment, a small, early-stage study has suggested. But when it comes to ...