EditorialA mushroom of the genus Psilocybe, which contains the psychoactive chemical psilocybin, in Nanaimo, Britsh Columbia, Canada, Feb. 18, 2021. (Alana Paterson/The New York Times)
EditorialA mushroom of the genus Psilocybe, which contains the psychoactive chemical psilocybin, in Nanaimo, Britsh Columbia, Canada, Feb. 18, 2021. (Alana Paterson/The New York Times)
EditorialFly agaric, Amanita muscaria. Poisonous mushroom and psychoactive fungi. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895.