A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

Eating hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms (also known as “shrooms” or, if you’re from 1968, “magic mushrooms”) can open your consciousness to the limitless wonders of the universe, make your Sunday ...

David Hodges founded San Francisco’s Church of Ambrosia on the belief that psychedelic mushrooms are a sacrament that can reveal life’s true purpose. Inside America’s largest—and trippiest—megachurch.

Most of the discussion surrounding psychedelics and master plants centers on their therapeutic uses. This is for good reason, as multiple studies have shown encouraging results in treating PTSD and ...

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 ...

Penis envy mushrooms are a variety of mushrooms that contain the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Although some people report mental health benefits, like any other drug, they carry risks. As the name ...

Scientists have amassed genome data for dozens of “magic mushroom” isolates and cultivars, with the goal to learn more about how their domestication and cultivation has changed them. The findings, ...