Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its evolutionary purpose may be to deter mushroom-munching insects ...

The world of psilocybin fungi offers fascinating insights into natural biology and human consciousness. While many people use the terms “magic mushrooms” and “magic truffles” interchangeably, these ...

Journalist Bone (Microbia) serves up an eye-opening examination of the science and benefits of psilocybin mushrooms. She explains that after the mushrooms are ingested, stomach acid metabolizes the ...

Hidden in the misty mountains of Oaxaca lies San José del Pacífico, a tiny village known across Mexico for one thing: magic mushrooms. But this place is more than just a trip — it’s a portal into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using psychedelics to treat or and even cure depression. That’s what new studies are showing is possible. Since the Seattle City ...

HUAUTLA, MEXICO — Alejandrina Pedro Castañeda opened a brown paper package and pulled out a handful of magic mushrooms, which many residents of this Indigenous Oaxacan town tenderly refer to as “child ...

Magic mushrooms have been used in Mesoamerican religious rituals since pre-Hispanic times. A mural from the ancient city of Teotihuacán, just outside Mexico City, shows the Toltec rain god Tlaloc with ...