These mushrooms have gained significant attention as pyscohoplastogens for the treatment of brain-related conditions, including mental health disorders (such as anxiety, depression, bipolar, autism, ...

Learn how a newly identified mushroom species may reveal the evolutionary origins of Psilocybe cubensis, the world’s most widely cultivated magic mushroom. The world’s most widely cultivated magic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think about magic mushrooms, you are likely thinking of Psilocybe cubensis, perhaps the most popular species. Where these ...

Researchers report that a widely cultivated "Psilocybe cubensis" strain is a distinct species, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, a finding that revises the fungi’s history and underscores the need for ...

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the ...

The closest wild relative to the world's most popular "magic mushroom" Psilocybe cubensis has been given a preliminary name: Psilocybe ochraceocentrata. The two species shared a common ancestor 1.5 ...

A team of biologists, mycologists and microbiologists in the U.S., South Africa and Zimbabwe reports that a species of mushroom growing in parts of Africa is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis ...

Oregon is on track to become the first US state to role out legal psilocybin, the psychoactive substance found in "magic" mushrooms. Officials are now tentatively planning to green-light one ...