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

Researchers found that magic mushrooms and fiber caps independently evolved different biochemical pathways to create psilocybin. This convergence shows nature’s ingenuity, but the reason why remains ...

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 ...

A new scientific review published by the American Medical Association (AMA) shows that use of psilocybin has “surged” in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...