People may consume psilocybin as a brewed tea or prepare it with a food item to mask its bitter taste. Manufacturers can also crush dried mushrooms into a powder and prepare them in capsule form.

Psilocybin is the well-known active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, which is converted in the body to psilocin—the compound that ultimately unleashes the psychoactive effect.

Three Southern California residents are charged in connection with a scheme involving children used to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms, feds say. Christopher Ott via Unsplash A man accused of using ...

DENVER — Colorado voters approved Proposition 122 more than two years ago, which decriminalized the possession, use and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms — commonly known as "magic mushrooms ...