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Local

Stories from cities and towns.1stories

• Pscilly Test News: Huntington Beach shop adds a mushroom grow-kit barNov 11, 2026 · Huntington Beach, CA

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Politics & Policy

Bills, ballots and the people writing the rules.+38stories

• Feds Back Psilocybin and Ibogaine Research Ahead of House HearingNov 14, 2026
• Colorado law sets up ibogaine research pilot and revises natural medicine rulesNov 5, 2026 · CO
• Reedsport ballot puts local psilocybin ban to a voteOct 20, 2026 · Reedsport, OR
• North Carolina bill would fund psychedelic therapy researchJul 16, 2026 · NC
• HHS and VA set five-year plan for psychedelic-treatment researchJul 13, 2026
• Massachusetts House backs five-year psychedelic therapy pilotJul 13, 2026 · MA
• Maryland extends natural psychedelics task force through 2027Jun 30, 2026 · MD
• Washington bill proposes clinician-supervised medical psilocybin programDec 19, 2025 · WA

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Legal & Regulation

Courts, enforcement and program rules.+38stories

• DEA proposes higher 2027 quotas for psilocybin and other psychedelicsNov 9, 2026
• Almería court acquits woman in case involving psilocybin mushroomsNov 4, 2026
• New bill would put psychedelic scheduling decisions in public health handsNov 3, 2026
• Appeals court revives Utah case over religious mushroom useOct 5, 2026 · UT
• Portland adopts lower enforcement priority for noncommercial psychedelicsSep 30, 2026 · Portland, OR
• OOregon withdraws a proposed increase in psilocybin license feesSep 22, 2026 · OR
• Nevada City makes adult entheogen cases a low policing priorityAug 28, 2026 · Nevada City, CA
• New Mexico proposes rules for its medical psilocybin programAug 24, 2026 · NM

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Health & Medicine

Clinical research, safety and wellbeing.+38stories

• Compass Pathways sends psilocybin treatment application to FDANov 9, 2026
• Small trial finds anxiety-score difference with a mushroom blendOct 21, 2026
• VA study will test two psilocybin doses for treatment-resistant depressionAug 5, 2026
• Small veteran trial reports promising results for psilocybin-assisted therapyJul 30, 2026
• Sheppard Pratt trial reports 12-week reductions in suicidal thoughtsMay 28, 2026 · Towson, MD
• California report documents 39 poisonings linked to foraged mushroomsMay 28, 2026 · CA
• Small trial reports higher quit rates with psilocybin and counselingFeb 3, 2026 · Baltimore, MD
• OOrange County relays California’s winter mushroom poisoning alertJan 15, 2026 · CA

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Science & Research

Labs, field studies and new discoveries.+78stories

• Florida ‘Dark Magic Mushroom’ Holds Psilocybin and a Deadly ToxinNov 14, 2026 · Gainesville, FL
• HHistoric specimens help Kew untangle two mushrooms sold under a familiar nameOct 27, 2026
• AA Berkeley team lets uncertainty guide the next fungal experimentOct 9, 2026 · Berkeley, CA
• UUC San Diego study asks who still needs mental health careOct 6, 2026 · La Jolla, CA
• AA Denver mycologist tracks mushrooms whose colors fadeSep 9, 2026 · Denver, CO
• LLane County mushroom collections are headed for CorvallisSep 3, 2026 · Corvallis, OR
• MMadison researchers find a chemical difference in California death capsFeb 12, 2026 · Madison, WI
• OOregon architecture researchers put mycelium between roomsApr 7, 2025 · Eugene, OR

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Business & Industry

Growers, funding and the mushroom economy.+27stories

• Maia Farms secures $3.75 million to expand mushroom ingredient productionNov 6, 2026
• U.S. growers may get a lift as Canadian mushroom duties take effectOct 22, 2026
• Mastermind Mushrooms begins operating Miami farm with Lion FarmsOct 13, 2026 · Miami, FL
• Two River broths reach Albertsons and expand at Whole FoodsAug 31, 2026
• UU.S. mushroom sales fell in volume and valueAug 19, 2026
• Pine River mushroom farm builds a Sunday gathering placeJul 2, 2026 · Pine River, MN
• 4AG Robotics secures $40 million for mushroom-harvesting expansionAug 11, 2025

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Environment & Foraging

Forests, fire, conservation and the wild harvest.+27stories

• Fire-loving fungi may help restart forest recovery in British ColumbiaOct 28, 2026
• A new global plan puts fungi on the conservation agendaOct 27, 2026
• Digitised collections offer new clues to fungi and extinction risksJun 16, 2026
• Soil fungi endured a devastating Joshua tree fire, study findsJun 2, 2026 · CA
• Study finds major gaps in protection for plant-partnering fungiMay 19, 2026
• Swedish forests regain fungal numbers, but not the same communitiesApr 21, 2026
• AA rainy winter brought fungi to Laguna Canyon’s restoration sitesFeb 20, 2019 · Laguna Beach, CA

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Food & Cooking

Menus, markets and what is in season.+49stories

• Wild mushrooms take center stage on Vancouver’s autumn tasting menuNov 4, 2026 · Vancouver, British Columbia
• Canadian mushroom growers face cost and supply pressures as demand risesNov 2, 2026
• Napa fungi dinner pairs a five-course menu with a book signingOct 27, 2026 · Napa, CA
• Wild mushrooms make autumn menus follow nature’s timetableOct 22, 2026
• Cambridge mushroom shop expands into a neighborhood food destinationOct 16, 2026 · Cambridge, MA
• Mushroom Council study points to shoppers who may buy more oftenOct 6, 2026
• Matsutake season brings permits and safety reminders for California foragersOct 5, 2026 · CA
• Restaurants give mushrooms a bigger role across the menuJul 20, 2026
• CCornell food scientists examine what fungi can make from leftoversFeb 25, 2026 · Geneva, NY

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Culture & Lifestyle

Film, art and fungi in everyday life.+27stories

• Riga’s mushroom show invited visitors to share their findsOct 15, 2026 · Riga
• Raza Cósmica puts fungi in the frame of Latinx speculative cinemaOct 5, 2026 · San Antonio, TX
• Austin gallery brings fungal art and community together for annual showAug 22, 2026 · Austin, TX
• Brighton gallery puts fungi’s hidden networks on showAug 18, 2026
• Sebastopol fair puts mushroom art and workshops on the scheduleJun 21, 2026 · Sebastopol, CA
• Mexican fungi documentary joins SFFILM Festival lineupApr 20, 2026
• Fungi Film Fest brings 14 mushroom-themed films to Colorado SpringsMar 5, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

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Events & Community

Festivals, forays and gatherings.+27stories

• Kennett Square festival puts mushroom heritage on displayNov 6, 2026 · Kennett Square, PA
• Scott County schedules a native mushroom foray near DixonOct 11, 2026 · Dixon, IA
• Stevenson festival planned a town-wide day of mushroom activitiesOct 8, 2026 · Stevenson, WA
• FFungi took a place on the Battery’s fall calendarOct 7, 2026 · New York, NY
• Glendale fungi fair pairs mushroom foray with safety talkSep 29, 2026 · Glendale, WI
• Telluride’s 2026 mushroom festival brings fungi to Main StreetAug 15, 2026 · Telluride, CO
• Purgatory’s 2026 festival paired foraging with mushroom diningJul 31, 2026 · Durango, CO

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Opinion & Columns

Our view, columns and letters.5stories

• Our view: Devon’s fungi deserve more than a harvestNov 3, 2026
• New Mexico’s psilocybin rules need safeguards without needless barriersOct 14, 2026 · NM
• Our view: Virginia’s psilocybin plans hinge on more than FDA approvalSep 16, 2026 · VA
• Our view: Psychedelic access needs more than FDA approvalSep 15, 2026
• Minnesota’s foraging rules need clarity, not fearDec 18, 2025 · MN

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General

Odds, ends and mushroom curiosities.+16stories

• China’s towering new fungus reaches 20 inchesOct 23, 2026
• Genome copying reveals a new way Candida auris may evade treatmentOct 15, 2026
• Engineered cereal defenses recognize two blast-fungus threatsOct 15, 2026
• Rainy summer fuels a standout mushroom season in Nova ScotiaOct 11, 2026
• A wider cast of bacteria may be behind mushroom blotchOct 11, 2026
• Global fungal survey adds 59 species and a new Australian genusSep 16, 2026

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