{
  "id": 16476491,
  "title": "This mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/this-mysterious-mushroom-makes-people-see-hundreds-of-tiny-humans-16476491",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-25T06:36:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261024222021.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For nearly a century, people in distant parts of the world have reported a bizarre experience after eating certain wild mushrooms: seeing dozens or even hundreds of tiny, colorful humans moving through the real world. Now, scientists have identified a mushroom species, Lanmaoa asiatica, responsible for these extraordinary hallucinations in China and the Philippines.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}