The toxic jack-o’-lantern (Omphalotus illudens) mushroom, a chanterelle lookalike, grows in clusters on wood. There was a day in A.D. 54 when Emperor Claudius looked forward to dining on his favorite ...

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Magic mushrooms have been giving humans mind-altering experiences for thousands of years, but the real reason fungi evolved these hallucinogenic chemicals may have been as a bioweapon against insects ...