ITW’s 2025 Gift Guide
The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to spread joy this holiday season than with mushroom themed gifts? It's time for Inoculate the World’s holiday gift guide for mushroom lovers. Find gifts like spores, supplements, and apparel, for everyone on your...
The Life and Legacy of Alexander Shulgin, The Godfather of Ecstasy
Alexander Shulgin, also known as Sasha Shulgin, is one of the most fascinating chemists and countercultural figures of our time. Shulgin is most well known for popularizing MDMA, but he spent his whole life synthesizing numerous new psychoactive compounds and...
Terence McKenna’s Life and Vision for a Psychedelic Future
As one of the foremost public thinkers of the 1990s, Terence McKenna has made a lasting impact on the world, especially within the psychedelic community and the sphere of psilocybin legalization. Known for his fascinating, often winding lectures, McKenna made...
A Closer Look At the Hericium Genus: Lion’s Mane Mushrooms And More
Lion’s Mane has garnered significant attention over the last few years, driven by growing awareness of its vast health benefits. Most people are interested in the most common species known as Lion’s Mane, Hericium erinaceus, but there hasn’t been as much interest in...
Maria Sabina, Mazatec Wisdom, and the Costs of Psychedelic Tourism
Maria Sabina is often remembered as one of the most influential figures in the psychedelic world, renowned for her role as a poet, and shaman, and as the woman who introduced magic mushrooms to Gordon Wasson, and thus, the Western world. Maria Sabina’s quotes...
Forage to Feast: Exploring the Biology and Culinary Magic of Morel Mushrooms
It’s a mild spring day, with the warm sun casting flecks of light on the forest floor. Deciduous tree branches tangle together overhead and close in around a grassy depression, likely the remnant of a past disruption or abandoned pathway. The mushroom forager...
The Mushroom of Immortality: Learn About Medicinal Reishi Mushrooms
Reishi, along with the entire Ganoderma Genus, is prized for its health benefits, and is among the most unique-looking fungi in our collection. In this article, we’ll discuss some of the health benefits of Reishi mushrooms and Ganoderma as a whole. We’ll also discuss...
Washington’s New Psilocybin Therapy Bill & The Future of Legal Mushrooms
At the beginning of this year, Senator Jesse Salomon along with thirteen co-sponsors, filed Senate Bill 5201. This bill would allow for psilocybin-assisted therapy in Washington State. If passed, it would structure regulations for licensed therapeutic programs using...
What Are Rust Colored Mushroom Spores?
Rust spores are cubensis mushroom spores which have turned red, orange, or reddish-brown due to a genetic mutation. When you think of Psilocybe cubensis, you’d typically expect a dark brown or purple spore print, but this is not always the case. Rust mushroom strains...