Colorado Now Has an Official State Mushroom

Colorado has long had a state flower (the Rocky Mountain columbine), a state bird (the lark bunting) and a state animal (bighorn sheep), but it just became the eighth state with an official mushroom. The news comes at a time when psychedelic mushrooms are a hot topic in the Centennial State and beyond, though mushrooms of all kinds have been having a moment for several years, and this designation is focused on the culinary type…

Colorado Now Has an Official State Mushroom
Colorado has long had a state flower (the Rocky Mountain columbine), a state bird (the lark bunting) and a state animal (bighorn sheep), but it just became the eighth state with an official mushroom. The news comes at a time when psychedelic mushrooms are a hot topic in the Centennial State and beyond, though mushrooms of all kinds have been having a moment for several years, and this designation is focused on the culinary type…