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Psilocybe mushrooms
Psilocybe cubensis
A well-known psychoactive woodland and pasture genus, now in clinical trials for depression — still illegal to grow or possess in most places.
Flavor
Fresh mushrooms are farinaceous (raw-dough); dried are dusty and bitter. Not a culinary species.
Symptoms
low mood, anxiety, end-of-life distress
In favor
Promising clinical signal in supervised research
Against
Federal felony to cultivate or possess in most of the US
Grow lab
No — habitat / law only