A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in "magic mushrooms" provides long-term relief from anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.In fact, cancer patients who were given ...

The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single ...

These psychedelic candies are widely sold across the state and often look like legal products — Bon Appetit recently described them as a “luxurious” treat that would fit in at Erewhon, the trendy L.A.

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least ...

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.