Early Homo sapiens and their ancestors were consuming psilocybin-containing mushrooms, research suggests, and it likely shaped their consciousness. The psychedelic compound boosts connectivity in ...

These are independent scientific explorations that arose from applying the ecoPrimals technology (barraCuda, toadStool, wetSpring, neuralSpring, hotSpring, airSpring, groundSpring) to questions driven ...

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound that is the active ingredient in certain types of mushrooms (also called magic mushrooms), long used by Indigenous communities in parts of ...

A newly identified psychedelic mushroom species from southern Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about the origins of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom.” Scientists say the ...

After decades of mystery, the evolutionary tale of the world’s most famous “magic mushroom”, Psilocybe cubensis, is finally coming to light and it’s rooted in Africa. Scientists from Southern Africa ...

A newly described African species in the magic mushroom family confirms its evolutionary origin. Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is found growing on cattle dung in the grasslands of southern Africa and ...

Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago ...

As Minnesota lawmakers debate House File 2906, the proposed psilocybin bill, questions are growing about the science behind “magic mushrooms” and psychedelic-assisted therapy in Minnesota. Dr. Jessica ...