Though it's been a while since ancient Romans walked among us, as it turns out, the way they ate is pretty similar to some foods we still enjoy today.

On 29 July 2023, a home-cooked beef Wellington lunch allegedly contained death cap mushrooms, leaving Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson dead, with Ian Wilkinson the sole survivor.

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 ...

In China, a particular species of edible mushroom causes hundreds of cases of hallucinations annually, as well as some delirium, dizziness, and mania. The hallucinations tend to be of tiny “elves” ...

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.

Recipes, common varieties, and what to look for when shopping. Is there anything cooler in the culinary world than the mushroom? For starters, they're blissfully weird: Some can have 23,000 sexes.

The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking.

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the ...

The discovery of a new magic mushroom species in Africa is forcing mycologists to take another look at the famous psychedelic fungi’s evolutionary history. According to a study published today in the ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

The California Department of Public Health has warned people against foraging for mushrooms this year due to an ...