As interest grows in the possible therapeutic effects of psilocybin — a key active compound in so-called “magic mushrooms”– University of Guelph plant science researchers are preparing to begin research into this promising field. 

After two years of effort, Dr. Max Jones [1] and Dr. Gale Bozzo [2], professors in the Ontario Agricultural College [3]’s Department of Plant Agriculture [4], have received a Health Canada dealer’s licence that will allow them and their teams to cultivate mushrooms that are known to produce psilocybin and other compounds.    

U of G is one of the first Canadian universities to be granted a licence to cultivate mushrooms that produce psilocybin, which remains a controlled substance in Canada. 

Continue reading, Plant Scientists Granted Licence to Study ‘Magic Mushrooms’ here. [5]