Colorado has a state bird, animal, tree, fish, flower, fossil and now a state mushroom. Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Monday proclaiming Agaricus julius, or the "Emperor formerly known as Prince" ...

Thanks to Colorado’s new and growing cohort of healing centers providing psychedelic-assisted therapeutic experiences, magic mushrooms continue to dominate the news cycle. But interest in edible, ...

BOULDER – Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under ...

Christopher and Nikki Vinci, pictured Monday, Jan. 26, 2026 holding a bag of growing mushrooms, started Colonizing Colorado on East Platte Avenue in December of 2025. Their business is Colorado ...

This is the first in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products…and what some local restaurants do with them. In rows and rows of old shipping containers in dark, dank buildings, fungi grow ...

Colorado may soon join seven other states in having its own state mushroom — thanks to the work of a group of students from Horizon High School in Thornton. House Bill 1091, sponsored by Rep. Jacque ...