There are a huge number of different side quests, activities, and other distractions dotted around the lush countryside of England. That includes the Fly Agaric hallucination challenges, which involve ...

In a snow-covered village on the northern outskirts of Moscow, Russia’s most famous mycologist, Mikhail Vishnevsky, poured me a cup of light psychoactive mushroom tea. But it wasn’t psilocybin, the ...

The fly agaric is the quintessential mushroom of fairy tales. Its big, bright fruiting bodies scatter in great numbers across mossy forests of North America and Europe. They emerge from the soil first ...

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A week of rain capped by a deluge from slow-moving thunderstorms brought seven mudslides into the Middle Fork Valley in the San Juan Mountains. The same rains triggered the appearance of many species ...

Experts say the Amanita muscaria, a red and white psychoactive mushroom, earned its place in holiday decor through some surprising origins. (Photo: Getty Creative) They're red and white and, according ...

My former neighbor Mike Corse, owner of Canton-based Deep Root Mushroom Farm, suggested I write about a Christmas fungus that could account for some of the magical features of that holiday tradition.

How do reindeer fly Santa’s sleigh around the world? If you guessed hallucinogenic mushrooms, you might actually be right. It almost sounds sacrilegious to mix psychedelics and winter festivities, but ...