Analysis of a 100-million-year-old grass specimen by researchers at Oregon State University identified a fungus growing on it that's similar to ergot, from which LSD is derived. Grass-eating dinosaurs ...

Scientists now think that large-bodied, long-necked sauropods probably ate the same fungus that is the precursor to the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Getty Images The tip of this 100 million-year-old piece ...

Dinosaurs living around 100 million years ago may have experienced acid trips after eating grass infected by a fungus similar to the species used to create LSD. Palaeobiologists have discovered the ...

Corinne Hazel, a WVU environmental microbiology major from Delaware, Ohio, has discovered a new species of fungus that may treat a variety of medical conditions. [ Related: Lion’s mane mushroom shows ...

The fossil (pictured in this flickr photo from the Oregon State University) comes from Myanmar and was analyzed by researchers, from Oregon State University, the USDA Agricultural Research Service and ...

An elusive fungus capable of generating quantities of a compound used to synthesize the hallucinogen LSD has finally been discovered on the morning glory vine after decades of searching. Almost a ...

Ergot is a naturally occurring fungus that lives on wheat. Now there's a battle to stop it getting into our food chain. Ergot isn't just a disaster for farmers when it infects crops. It can also kill ...

(NEWSER) – If you're glad you weren't on the planet in the days when Stegosaurus was whipping its spiked tail around in agitation, imagine the dino stumbling around with its eyes ablaze on the ...