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 ...

Step aside, psilocybin: A new shroom is in town. According to a new study by researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego’s Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity ...

A colorful mushroom is causing problems in the Lake Tahoe Basin. According to Barton Health, the fly agaric mushroom — amanita muscaria — is sprouting throughout the area and causing health issues for ...

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Psilocybin, a compound found in many types of mushrooms, is an antidepressant with potential use in treating anxiety. Unfortunately, unscrupulous vendors have used these clinical results to sell ...

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 ...

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.