Firebox sells four varieties of rubber mushrooms designed to reduce symptoms of stress. They are described as being "slightly phallic" in appearance.
Stress reducing mushrooms
They boiled a toadstool to eat it and tripped for hours instead
Amanita muscaria — the red-and-white toadstool of fairy tales and Mario games — is poisonous raw, but boiling breaks down enough of its toxins that brave people around the world… READ THE REST
The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn't use it
In 1906, a U.S. plant pathologist named Franklin Sumner Earle collected a small brown mushroom in Cuba and shipped it to the New York Botanical Garden. He called it Stropharia… READ THE REST
Golden oyster mushroom is invading North American forests
The golden oyster mushroom, native to Asia, has become an invasive threat in North America. Brought to the US around the early 2000s for cultivation because of its high yield,… READ THE REST
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