For generations, Indigenous women in Mexico have understood the vast power of mushrooms—medicinal, culinary, spiritual, toxic. Their knowledge has been calibrated and passed down matrilineal channels, ...

The discovery of a new magic mushroom species in Africa is forcing mycologists to take another look at the famous psychedelic fungi’s evolutionary history. According to a study published today in the ...

Ben Kinsley is a man who likes to dress up as a mushroom. For the past several years, he and his creative team of Riitta Ikonen and Jessica Langley have attended the Telluride Mushroom Festival, which ...

Can psychedelic mushrooms help treat alcoholism? By Stephen Beech Magic mushrooms could be used to treat alcoholism, according to new research. A psychedelic chemical found in fungi is emerging as a ...

Otilia Portillo Padua's feature documentary world premieres at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, immediately followed by its North American debut at SXSW.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Wednesday that the focus in Washington on surgeon general nominee Casey Means’s past recommendation for using psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, is a “red ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday questioned Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, on her previously recommending psilocybin use. During Means’s confirmation hearing ...

Nearly one in four Americans now believe that the use of psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms should be legal — a level of backing comparable to cannabis in the mid-1990s ahead of the introduction of ...

The era of psychedelic medicine could be here sooner rather than later. Psilocybin, the primary ingredient in magic mushrooms, now appears to be inches away from receiving approval as a treatment for ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Once widely regarded as dangerous and illegal, psilocybin mushrooms are now being closely examined for their potential medical benefits, and some of that research is happening right here ...

Once widely regarded as dangerous and illegal, psilocybin mushrooms are now being closely examined for their potential medical benefits, and some of that research is happening right here in Tampa.