About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

Psilocybin, the best-known psychedelic substance derived from "magic" mushrooms, is a Schedule I substance: an illegal drug ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the dozen or so common, woodchip-loving urban mushrooms that grow in the Pacific Northwest, there are three that are of ...

Move over kale—there's a new superfood in town, and it might just help you turn back the clock. Golden oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) are now being hailed as anti-aging mushrooms. These ...

California health officials are warning the public not to eat certain “magic mushroom” food products made by a Los Angeles–based company after testing found they contain illegal and potentially ...