A new species of magic mushroom identified in Africa is helping researchers understand how psychedelic mushrooms evolved.

Magic mushrooms are stepping out of the underground and into the clinic. Increasing evidence suggests that psilocybin mushrooms help with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive ...

Talk about a magic mushroom. New research from the cancer treatment center City of Hope suggests that white button mushroom extract may slow prostate cancer progression by hindering tumor growth and ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A type of "magic mushroom" is gaining interest in the United States, but scientists at UC San Diego warned Monday it may not be the one people think they are purchasing. In a paper ...

A 2025 study found that mice given monthly doses of psilocybin over 10 months had an 80% survival rate (versus 50% in controls) and appeared physically younger, Researchers believe this may be due to ...