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Study suggests single dose of psilocybin safe and effective as treatment for major depressive disorder (medicalxpress.com)

‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon (www.404media.co)

cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7458945...

Looking for some confirmation that these beauties are Oyster Mushrooms? (sh.itjust.works)

Spotted this awesome cluster on a walk today and grabbed a couple, fairly certain they are Pleurotus ostreatus.

Fungal evolution discovered: Mycena can now invade living hosts (phys.org)

Excellent key for mushroom identification (www.mycokey.com)

Thought I would share this here, as it is so beautifully done and so useful....

Bird's nest fungi (slrpnk.net)

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/d7fb28ea-1507-4dcf-a5b6-ccb0c2befc1a.webp

Seen in Hocking Hills Ohio (sh.itjust.works)

This was very cool to see, if you know what it is please let me know.

Yummy puffball or destroying angel? (sourpuss.net)

Turns out both grow in my area, and look identical to this when young. Yikes! So based on a post yesterday, I took this outside and sliced it in half. So far it looks promising (I think?) and I’m not dead yet....

Naturalistic psilocybin use is associated with persisting improvements in mental health and wellbeing: results from a prospective, longitudinal survey (www.frontiersin.org)

First good find this season! (kbin.social)

I'm in a new place this year and have only been finding puffballs. This was pretty exciting.

Do Y’all Do ID’s? (postimg.cc)

Found a mushroom growing up in a tree in my backyard. Curious to know what variety it is. Any information is appreciated!

Researchers explain how mushrooms can live for hundreds of years without getting cancer (phys.org)

at what point does it become a flock? (slrpnk.net)

Spored to Death | Elizabeth Kolbert (www.nybooks.com)

Big yellow fella. Kittys gorge, Western Australia. (lemmy.world)

Russula Persanguinea, Franklin forest, Western Australia (lemmy.world)

Can anyone help with IDs please? From a field in South Yorkshire, UK (imgur.com)

I’d really appreciate help in identifying these. Sorry the photos are not the best

Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool (www.cell.com)

Popcorn spawn - Are these white spots of concern? (sourpuss.net)

Four days ago I added some purchased oyster spawn to five jars containing popcorn or rye (after sterilizing of course). The next day I noticed these white spots on the kernels of only one jar. For reference, the pink oyster spawn in this jar was also added to a jar of rye, and there is no sign of these spots in that jar, so I...

Higher Mushroom Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies (www.sciencedirect.com)

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