A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a completely different pathway to the one used by 'magic' mushrooms, suggesting the psychotropic compound evolved at least twice. The ...

Two different types of mushroom evolved the same psychedelic compound in completely unrelated ways, a recent study finds ...

Magic mushrooms have been used in traditional ceremonies and for recreational purposes for thousands of years. However, a new study has found that mushrooms evolved the ability to make the same ...

Edibles aren’t just for weed anymore. There’s a growing market for gummies, chocolates, and other products that claim to contain psychedelic mushrooms and promise consumers a new—and legal—way to get ...

7:09 p.m. Aug. 22, 2025: An earlier version of this story reported that Dr. Sunil Aggarwal filed a lawsuit after a 2020 petition seeking to reschedule psilocybin was denied. He filed that petition in ...

Researchers at the University of South Florida are conducting clinical trials to explore the potential of psilocybin, a ...

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 ...

A review of 12 magic mushroom edibles found that they contained no trace of psilocybin, the compound normally responsible for the substance’s psychedelic effects. Reading time 3 minutes If a “magic ...

Colorado regulators have issued the first licenses to individuals seeking to open psilocybin-related businesses. As of Thursday afternoon, the Department of Revenue’s Natural Medicine Division had ...

The Trump administration is set to weigh in on whether the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin should be moved into a less restrictive class of drugs under federal regulations. Regulation of psilocybin ...