Prized mushroom collection returns to China

A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.

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Calif. man sentenced for drug role in teen's death

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling hallucinogenic mushrooms to a teenager who was killed when she wandered naked into traffic.

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US university returning prized mushrooms to China

An Ivy League school is giving China back its treasured mushrooms.

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Dutch Ban Hallucinogenic Mushrooms

The Netherlands will ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the government announced Friday, tightening the country's famed liberal drug policies after the suicide of an intoxicated teenage girl.

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Magic Mushrooms Face Ban in Netherlands

The famously liberal Netherlands has been swinging toward the right, cracking down on immigration, religious freedoms and the freewheeling red light district. The next possible target? Magic mushrooms.

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This year our grill expert, Tony "Fatso" Siciliano has served up recipes for everything from chicken cordon bleu to s'mores and tilapia to cedar planked salmon.

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Seven new glow-in-the-dark mushroom species have been discovered, increasing the number of known luminescent fungi species from 64 to 71. Reported in the journal Mycologia, the new finds include two new species named after movements in Mozart's Requiem.

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Have some free time this week? Whip up a delicious and filling meal that's perfect for a Sunday supper. Celebrity chef and cookbook author Giada De Laurentiis shares her simple recipes for turkey osso buco, prosciutto mozzarella pinwheels and Tuscan mushrooms.

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Picking mushrooms can be an intimidating business - best to implement a moratorium on eating anything I pick until absolutely sure you know what you're eating

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There are several types of mushrooms in Finland these days which are still affected by the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown incident. These mushrooms are still radioactive even 23 years since the Ukrainian power plant incident.

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A Largo woman woke up to a pleasant surprise in her backyard. Sharon Lower opened her curtains Tuesday to discover a ring of mushrooms outside. It's known as a fairy circle.

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Colorado has received a lot of moisture and an explosion of mushroom growth is tempting dogs to eat them. Although this story originates from Colorado, pet owners from moist regions may want to read this as well in case your dog starts acting strangely.

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A number of foods, especially liver, shellfish, nuts, avocados and mushrooms, contain abundant amounts of copper. When you eat copper-containing foods, the copper is absorbed by your small intestine, bound to circulating proteins in your blood and delivered to your liver.

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If your going to haul magic mushrooms in your car from one place to another, wearing headphones may prevent you from reaching your destination. The Florida Highway Patrol says officers...

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Eating a daily portion of mushrooms could slash the risk of breast cancer by up to two-thirds, according to new research. Scientists found women consuming a third of an ounce of fresh mushrooms every day were 64 per cent less likely to develop a tumour.

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I do not recall which of us, my wife or I, first dared to put into words back in the forties the surmise that our own remote ancestors, perhaps 4000 years ago, worshipped a divine mushroom.

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Researchers discovered an antidote to counteract the negative effect of grapefruit juice on medications--mushrooms, including the yellow morel, oyster mushrooms and the common button mushroom.

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When the U.S.

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A southeastern Pennsylvania mushroom farm is recalling packages of enoki mushrooms because they may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal illness.

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Here's another way to get your vitamin D. Scientists boosted the vitamin-D level of mushrooms by exposing them to the laboratory equivalent of sunshine---UV-B light.

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Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen will not enforce a ban on magic mushrooms until he receives clear guidelines.

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Mycologists are a rare breed, and scientists worry the UK will miss out lucrative fungus-based discoveries. Like what? Mushroom risotto. And umbrellas for fairies. Obviously fry-ups, which go without saying. But apart from these, what have fungi ever given us?

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Dutch Health Minister Ab Klink has decided to implement a total ban on hallucinogenic mushrooms, known as magic mushrooms.

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It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug use, but there has been a lack of proof to support the theory.

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My Fairy Ring

I've always been more interested in the folklore aspects of fairy rings than the actual scientific facts, but when the fairy ring in my yard appeared last week, I started reading up on different sides of this phenomenon.

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Once upon a time, ingredients like saffron, balsamic vinegar and shiitake mushrooms were as rare as pearls, and their mere presence distinguished a dish as the height of sophistication.

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A Ryanair holiday jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a jar of mushroom soup leaked from an overhead locker onto a passenger causing a freak allergic reaction.

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With chanterelle season upon us, it's time again for the annual funghi wars that help keep country life interesting, writes migrant mushroom worshipper Rose Kemp.

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Scientists are exploring the use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD to treat a range of ailments from depression to cluster headaches and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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The experience remained highly significant to most of the volunteers 14 months later, the researchers now report: 58% rated it among the five most personally meaningful experiences of their lives and 67% rated it among the five most spiritually significant.

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