Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Psilocybin Extends Life of Human Cells by 50% in Wild New Study A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Psilocybin mushrooms contain numerous chemical compounds that researchers have not yet studied. (Smitt/iStock via Getty Images ...

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

Researchers found that magic mushrooms and fiber caps independently evolved different biochemical pathways to create psilocybin. This convergence shows nature’s ingenuity, but the reason why remains ...

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least twice in mushrooms, and in very different ways. Researchers in Germany and ...

For decades, antidepressants have been the standard treatment for depression, helping millions of people manage symptoms that ...

Earlier this year, Julian Mattucci, also known as “God Emperor Myco,” was creating new generations of spores from some Psilocybe subtropicalis mushrooms that he had procured online from a popular ...

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus. These mushrooms may have existed on Earth for nearly 65 million years, dating to the asteroid ...

A woman with advanced dementia appeared to regain speech and independence after psilocybin. The findings are intriguing, but far from proof.

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 ...