In a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, found a significant increase in interest in this mushroom—noting a 114% rise in Google searches from 2022 to 2023.

But it wasn’t psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in so-called “magic” mushrooms, but instead the world’s most charismatic fungi, the red and white fly agaric mushroom, known to scientists as ...

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

Fly agaric mushrooms are very different from psilocybin-containing "magic" mushrooms.While psilocybin is at the center of a growing scientific and cultural revolution, A. muscaria mushrooms don't ...

Florida's first so-called "magic mushroom" dispensary has halted sales of its fungi after state officials determined that some of its products could cause, erm, more than just a bad trip. Billed ...

Health authorities in Poland are considering banning the sale of fly agaric mushrooms due to health risks, as the country faces a surge in the trade of toxic fungi this season, prompting warnings ...

Psilocybin is a compound found in a large variety of “magic mushrooms”, but not in fly agaric. After consumption, the body converts psilocybin to psilocin.

FDA restricts psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles. The regulator warned food manufacturers that Amanita muscaria – more commonly known as the fly agaric – and the compounds it contains ...

Psilocybin, a compound found in many types of mushrooms, is an antidepressant with potential use in treating anxiety. Unfortunately, unscrupulous vendors have used these clinical results to sell ...

Psilocybin, a compound found in many types of mushrooms, is an antidepressant with potential use in treating anxiety . Unfortunately, unscrupulous ...