A large-scale population genomic study has shed new light on the evolutionary and domestication history of the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), one of the most widely cultivated edible fungi in ...
Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule. By Rachel Nuwer No one knows why magic mushrooms evolved to produce ...
Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...
Mushrooms that appear identical turn out to be different species, correcting decades of errors in biodiversity records.