Barbarian hordes invaded and sacked the Western Roman empire while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs when taking on ...

But it wasn’t psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in so-called “magic” mushrooms, but instead the world’s most charismatic fungi, the red and white fly agaric mushroom, known to scientists as ...

Red is imbued with meaning for humans: it is the colour of danger, blood, attraction and romance. And where crimson and scarlet hues appear in nature, they often ...

We've also catalogued some survey schemes that you can report your findings to. Download the full list (PDF 1.7MB), or read the highlights below. Record your first sighting of a fly agaric fungus each ...

This mushroom tends to catch people out because it looks a lot like a popular edible mushroom – the blusher. Found in broadleaved woods, especially beech or oak. Five - Fly Agaric ...