Psilocybin in Science Before Prohibition: A Forgotten History

When we speak of this current moment, as psychedelics undergo an alleged “renaissance”, we often ignore a past that many people never learned. It’s a past in which psilocybin was a legitimate pharmaceutical, sold under a brand name and distributed by one of the...

Psilocybe ochraceocentrata – Hidden in Plain Sight

If you follow the world of magic mushroom microscopy, you've almost certainly encountered the spores of Natal Super Strength or Transkei. They're among the most popular specimens in the hobby, studied by enthusiasts and researchers alike. Like pretty much everyone...

Are Psychedelic Retreats Worth the Trip?

“Most men and women lead lives at the worst so painful, at the best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if only for a few moments, is and has always been one of the principal appetites of the soul.” -Aldous...
Epiphytes: the Inside Scoop

Epiphytes: the Inside Scoop

Fungi are everywhere—they grow in the soil, in petri dishes, and if we’re not careful, on the fruit in the back of the fridge. But did you know it can grow inside plants too? Yes, really! Of course, there are fungal pathogens, which can parasitize a plant, sometimes...

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Shroom coffins

Shroom coffins

Wooden coffins? That trend is so dead. With a goal of making the human burial — and decomposition — process more environmentally-friendly, a company has invented the Living Cocoon, a coffin made from mushrooms that returns the deceased to the earth while enriching it....

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Kole Milner Bust

Kole Milner Bust

This story was written by Seth Austin of ITW.NEWS. The Denver post reports: ‘The young man with a tent full of psychedelic mushrooms in his closet isn’t worried about the cops. “Basically, everything in my apartment’s legal — so I feel safe in that aspect,” he said....

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Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites, “MYC Piss Explained, by Seth Austin of ITW.NEWS. Mushrooms have their own metabolism, it is how they consume their substrate. Unlike plants that use photosynthesis, think of them as moving stomachs with the ability to respond to stimuli....

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