In 1934, scientists heard reports of mushrooms causing visions of tiny people; in 2026, DNA linked the phenomenon to one species in China and the Philippines
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Albert HofmannColin DomnauerUniversity Of UtahNatural History Museum Of UtahChinaPapua New GuineaUniversity Of Utah, Utah, United StatesPhilippinesUtah, United StatesAmerican
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Fri, 7 August 2026
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In 1934, Western scientists first heard reports from Papua New Guinea of wild mushrooms causing visions of tiny people, a phenomenon called "mushroom madness." Nearly a century later, DNA sequencing has confirmed that a single, identical mushroom species causes these same hallucinations in communities thousands of miles apart in China and the Philippines.