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A version of this article appears in the January 30, 1965 issue of Science News.

The team had collected many morning glory specimens in their lab, each holding potential secrets. Then, during one routine observation, Hazel noticed something small but strange. “We had a ton of ...

Because Clavicipitaceae live in seeds, DNA from was also extracted from morning glory seed coats. Hazel knew she was onto something when she spotted white fuzz growing insides of sed coats and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The fungus from which LSD was first synthesized has finally been observed and described by researchers who suspected a fuzz inside the seed coats of ...

"We had a ton of plants lying around and they had these tiny little seed coats. We noticed a little bit of fuzz in the seed coat. That was our fungus." The fungus was found growing on the seed coat of ...

Morning glory plants are tropical vines with flowers that only open in the morning. Inset panel: Albert Hofmann, the chemist who first synthesized LSD. It started with a seed coat and a little fuzz.

Back then, the USDA found most of the seeds were just common plants like lavender, morning glory and hibiscus. But officials warn that the seeds could pose dangers.