Evidence desk

Open the source.

Three groups answer most questions: field records for the mushroom, official documents for law, and public listings for what a maker or operator advertises.

01 · The organism

Field evidence & biology

Costa Rica macrofungi guide

A curated Costa Rica-focused iNaturalist guide that includes Psilocybe cubensis. Useful occurrence evidence; not a location guarantee.

Open the guide ↗

Costa Rica observations

Locality-bearing observations provide the visual and geographic record behind the mushroom page.

Browse observations ↗

Johns Hopkins research

Institutional research on measured psilocybin in screened, controlled settings. It does not establish the contents or effects of a commercial product.

Open the research center ↗

Photo provenance

Creator, source, license and storage details for the field images cached on this site.

Open photo credits →

02 · The rule

International & Costa Rican authority

INCB — Psychotropic Substances 2025

The international distinction between controlled molecules and naturally occurring fungal material, with the national-control caveat.

Official INCB PDF ↗

Ministry of Health — JVD lists

Costa Rica's current controlled-substance list source.

Official lists ↗

PGR C-031-2025

An ayahuasca administrative opinion useful for its concrete-rule method, not as a mushroom criminal holding.

Official PGR source ↗

03 · What is advertised

Public local listings

These links establish that a listing or operator claim exists. They do not verify mushroom contents, legality, safety, efficacy or credentials.

La Fortuna town

Hongos Direct

A widely read r/CostaRicaTravel thread where the name enters the local conversation — chocolate, coffee, La Fortuna. The post is a public discussion. Contents, safety and legal status remain the speaker’s claims.

Reddit thread ↗

La Fortuna town

Neptune's House of Hammocks

A public map pin for a La Fortuna workshop whose name also comes up when people talk about town artisans. Use the map to find the place; advertised products remain the operator’s claims.

Google Map ↗

Lilander's Horse Tours

Tripadvisor listing for rides across private terrain and farmland in El Castillo.

Tripadvisor listing ↗

Alberto's Horses

Tripadvisor listing describing rides through La Fortuna pasture and farmland.

Tripadvisor listing ↗

Dragonfly Awakenings

An operator calendar advertising La Fortuna-area programs, including psilocybin work.

Operator calendar ↗

Back To Each Other

A listing for a couples program in Nuevo Arenal that describes psilocybin ceremonies.

Program listing ↗