According to a study published… in the journal Current Biology, commercially cultivated varieties (or cultivars) of psilocybin mushrooms like Psilocybe cubensis aren’t as genetically diverse as their naturally grown counterparts and show signs of inbreeding. This finding was based on a genomic analysis of 38 different Psilocybe cubensis found growing in the Australian wild compared…
…researchers have uncovered a potentially promising connection between the use of psychedelic mushrooms and a reduction in psychological distress, particularly among individuals who have experienced adverse childhood experiences. The study was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. …study aimed to explore the relationship between psilocybin use and psychological distress, with a specific focus on individuals…
The conversation about how much to take is increasingly broad reaching. For a long time, Terence McKenna’s philosophy of 5 dried grams in silent darkness ruled the day. In the early 2000s, 3.5 grams was considered a dose. More recently, the advised introductory recreational dose was closer to 2.5 grams, and the museum dose around…
A recently published study, which was conducted during the… pandemic, suggests that individuals who have used psychedelic substances experience lower psychological distress, improved well-being, and enhanced post-traumatic growth. The new findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports. …pandemic presented an unusual opportunity to investigate the relationship between hallucinogenic drug use and mental health. With much of…
Psilocybin has become a household name in the last decade. It’s been decriminalized in two states – Colorado (five natural psychedelic compounds: DMT, ibogaine, mescaline, psilocybin and psilocin) and Oregon… [psilocybin which converts to] psilocin [in the body] not only penetrates the cell membrane and binds to these very specific receptors, it binds stronger than…
…why numerous… reports laud the positive wellbeing effects of psychedelic mushrooms. An increased resilience to stress and a reduction in compulsive behaviors among the rodent subjects. Moreover, enhanced connectivity to the brain’s thalamus, implicated in decision-making and concern filtration… In the recent study published in Nature – Molecular Psychiatry, Associate Professor Mikael Palner and PhD…
A new study published in the European Journal of Pain last month [July 2023] found that both macro and micro doses of classic psychedelics — LSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline — led to better pain relief compared to conventional medication in volunteers surveyed. “Participants reported that full doses seem to achieve better perceived results in pain relief than…
On a balmy… morning, a massive flush of psilocybe mushrooms popped up in a Portland, Oregon city park. This particularly gregarious bloom of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, or “ovoids,” stretched over a large mulched area, attracting casual pickers who filled their tote bags to the brim… Fungal evolution experts like Slot stress that many hypotheses regarding psilocybin’s…
…cultivates psilocybin-containing mushroom mycelium in microbrewer bioreactor vats, which they call “entheobrewers.” Mycelium contains all the alkaloids of the fruiting bodies (what are typically referred to as mushrooms). …focused on bioreactor creation of psychedelics… new psilocybin production process is expected by year’s end to yield a cost per gram that is less than $100… we…
The study, which represents the world’s largest longitudinal dataset on naturalistic psilocybin use to date, is published in Frontiers in Psychiatry and indicates broad therapeutic potential of a single dose of psilocybin to produce lasting improvements in mental health and wellbeing… data was collected from surveying 8,006 participants over a two year period… self-reported information on the…
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