'It sounds so impossible': Student studying fungus that makes users hallucinate tiny people may be on the verge of a scientific breakthrough

A PhD student in ethnobiology may be on the verge of a significant discovery. According to Live Science, Colin Domnauer is investigating a fungus that produces hallucinations of diminutive humanoid figures. His research into the mushroom's chemistry could reveal a previously unknown hallucinogenic compound, bridging traditional ethnobotanical knowledge with modern analytical methods and potentially expanding our understanding of how fungi synthesize psychoactive substances.

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