Oregon researchers say some 'magic mushroom' edibles sold in stores contain no psilocybin

Oregon researchers say several “magic mushroom” products sold on store shelves don’t actually contain any psilocybin.

Researchers bought 12 so-called “magic mushroom” edibles from convenience stores and smoke shops in Portland, including gummies and chocolates, and then tested their contents.

The study was a collaboration between Richard van Breemen and Daniel Simchuk from Oregon State University, Björn Fritzsche and Daniel Huson from Rose City Laboratories in Portland, and Jonathan Ferguson and Scott Kuzdzal from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments in Columbia, Maryland.

Van Breemen, the study's coordinator, said several of the products purchased had misleading packaging, with psychedelic imagery and images of mushrooms—and some even directly claimed to include the drug.

“The consumer sho