Dune shrooms discovered 🏜

Hi there, shroomers 🍄 

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Eye candy 👀

So they are real: Meet Tulostoma shaihuludii — a mushroom recently discovered in the sands of the Hungarian steppe and named after the sandworms from Dune.

Growing gourmet 🧇

Mmm … mushroom deli: A Kansas City chef plans to open a “butcher shop, but for mushrooms.” Instead of chicken and waffles, think fried lion’s mane with candy cap ice cream.

From poultry to chicken of the woods: An organization called Transfarmation is helping some commercial farmers jump from the meat industry to gourmet mushrooms.

Legislation nation 🖋

Calling all shroomers: Denver has formed its Natural Medicine Work Group to explore how to best implement psilocybin policy — and pretty much anyone can apply to join.

Walking it back: Vermont’s psilocybin legalization bill is still under consideration … but so is the idea of removing the legalization provision to focus solely on therapeutic use.

Research roundup 🧫

Soil detox: Endophytic fungi can enhance efforts to remediate toxic soil — especially when combined with partially combusted organic waste.

Solid bet: A new paper suggests that psychedelic-assisted therapy may help people suffering from gambling disorders. 

Across the shroomer-verse 🌟

Microdosing survey: Moms on Mushrooms just launched a community survey to research the benefits of microdosing on Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.

First quantitative study: Psychedelics may have positive effects on sexual functioning and satisfaction, according to researchers at Imperial College London.