Psychedelics, Psilocybin, and the Placebo Effect

Last year, researchers at McGill University in Canada and Stanford University in California published a fascinating research paper titled Tripping… Read More

Life on Earth is Dependent on Fungi. How About on Mars?

Fungi is a unique organism on our planet, and perhaps others too. It lives everywhere… and we mean everywhere. Sure,… Read More

Why Are Truffles and Other Gourmet Mushrooms So Expensive?

It’s no secret that our community here at Quality Spores is absolutely enamored with exotic mushroom spores, but there are… Read More

Getting to Know John W. Allen, The Legendary Explorer, Ethnomycologist, Author, and Artist

Have you ever met anyone who has a mushroom named after them? No? You’re about to. We are, of course,… Read More

Did The Buddha Die From Eating a Poisonous Mushroom? (And Other Mushroom Mysteries)

It appears that throughout nearly all of known human history, fungi have been a topic of interest for us—one of… Read More

Psilocybin Mushroom Review Panel in Denver Seeks More Progressive Policies

The past couple years have been good ones for psilocybin advocates. We’ve seen pro-psilocybin initiatives approved in Washington, D.C. and… Read More

Healers, Teachers, Gods: Mushroom Worship Throughout History

Did you know that there’s evidence of humans consuming psilocybin-containing fungi as long ago as 11,000 years? As we covered… Read More

Mind Blowing Advances in Microscopy: What Photographing DNA and Saturn’s Moon Titan Have in Common

We’ve all heard the old analogy about the nucleus of an atom: in terms of size, it’s like a fly… Read More

The Psilocybin Sweet Spot: Johns Hopkins Researches Ideal Therapeutic Dose

Have you ever wondered what the “ideal” dose of psilocybin is? Researchers at Johns Hopkins asked the same question—in fact,… Read More