The East Bay Regional Park District is cautioning park visitors that mushrooms popping up during the rainy season may contain dangerous toxins.

Amanita muscaria could be considered a “magic mushroom.” However, unlike traditional magic mushrooms, they don’t contain psilocybin. They instead produce a psychoactive compound known as muscimol — ...

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

Repeating numbers (like 111) or numbers that appear in a significant sequence (like 1234) do mean something, and they’re referred to as “angel numbers.” Keep reading below to find out ...

Did you know that Amanita muscaria, also known as the fly agaric mushroom, was traditionally used as an excellent insecticide? Its ibotenic acid content attracts and kills flies. However, this same ...

Yet it's some of the plain-looking ones that are the most poisonous. A few bites of the European destroying angel (Amanita virosa) can kill you. But far more often, mushrooms give life.