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 ...

Amanita Muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric mushroom, has been traditionally recognized for its distinctive red cap with white spots. Revered in various cultural and historical contexts, this ...

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 ...

Health authorities in Poland are considering banning the sale of fly agaric mushrooms due to health risks, as the country faces a surge in the trade of toxic fungi this season, prompting warnings from ...

On Friday, Sept. 13, Arizona Highways magazine announced its October 2013 edition would not be available on newsstands because the magazine mistakenly identified the fly agaric mushroom as edible.

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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.