As part of our effort to study wild edible mushrooms from central Mexico. We collected two specimens Cystodermella. Cystodermella mazahuensis is described as a new species This has biocultural importance food for the Mazahua people State Mexico located in Central differs other related by its small cheilocystidia (17–30 × 4–5 μm) and molecular phylogenetic analysis. fourth known genus along with...

Plants and mushrooms are used for medicinal purposes and the screening of molecules possessing biological activities. A single plant or mushroom may produce both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on immune cells, depending on experimental conditions, but the reason behind this dichotomy remains obscure. We present here a large body of experimental data showing that water extracts of plants and...

A mysterious female phorid fly, known for many years to be associated with fungal sporophores ("mushrooms") is identified as Megaselia marquezi Hartop et al. 2015. Male and female flies were collected emerging from the fungus Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) Maire, and females were observed swarming over the sporophores.

Fungi are important organisms for human population and could find important applications namely, in many pharmaceutical and food industries. A variety of compounds has been isolated from medicinal and edible mushrooms, and their healthbeneficial effects have been reported. On the other hand, it is important to control microfungi as parasites and contaminants since they can provoke, in some case...

Psilocybin is a classic (serotonergic) hallucinogen ("psychedelic" drug) that may occasion mystical experiences (characterized by a profound feeling of oneness or unity) during acute effects. Such experiences may have therapeutic value. Research and clinical applications of psychedelics usually include music listening during acute drug effects, based on the expectation that music will provide p...

Agaricomycetes, or mushrooms, are familiar, conspicuous and morphologically diverse Fungi. Most Agaricomycete fruiting bodies are ephemeral, and their fossil record is limited. Here we report diverse gilled mushrooms (Agaricales) and mycophagous rove beetles (Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, the latter belonging to Oxyporinae, modern members of which exhibit an obligate associa...