The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

Psilocybin mushrooms belong to the genus Psilocybe, with Psilocybe cubensis being the most commonly cultivated species.

Both insects create the genus Mycovartes, a name that comes from the Greek word μύκης, or “myco,” meaning mushroom or fungus, ...