The hikers sent an alert that they were lost, with one hiker confessing they had “consumed mushrooms and one of them was experiencing a debilitating high" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

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Psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”, is one of the most famous molecules in modern culture. Humans have ingested it for thousands of years in ritual and recreation, and today ...

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Researchers don’t know exactly how psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, evolved. Now, a new study adds to the mystery: Its findings reveal that two different groups of ...

Not all hunter-gatherers are on the lookout for bears or birds; some seek mushrooms. Spring brings the arrival of morels, the spongy looking fungi that mostly grow beside dead elm trees. Much like ...

Two paths lead to the same molecule: Independently of each other, different genera of "magic mushrooms" have developed two different enzyme pathways that produce the same psychoactive substance, ...

Psilocybe cubensis, a mushroom that produces the psychoactive compound psilocybin. Felix Blei / Leibniz-HKI Researchers don’t know exactly how psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in psychedelic ...