Plain-English guides to mushroom spore law, federal and state by state, with the statutes linked.
The confirmed psilocybin law changes of 2026, state by state: New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico, the November ballot, and the bills that failed. None of them changes spore law.
No psilocybin drug is FDA-approved yet. Where Compass Pathways' COMP360 application stands in September 2026, and why an approval would not change the law on mushrooms or spores.
No published study has measured psilocybin in dormant spores, but every authority that addresses it says there is none. What the DEA's January 2024 letter actually says, and why germination is the legal line.
Why spore vendors say "for microscopy only": what federal law and the DEA's 2024 letter say, how paraphernalia and attempt laws work, and the four states where the label does not help.
Yes. Vermont's drug statute names psilocybin as a hallucinogenic drug and never mentions spores. What 18 V.S.A. §4201 says, the dose-based penalties, the 2024 working group, H.452, and buying spores in Vermont.
Yes. New Hampshire controls psilocybin through a health department rule that adopts the federal schedules, and neither the rule nor RSA 318-B mentions spores. The penalties, the paraphernalia law, the 2025–2026 bills, and buying spores in New Hampshire.
Yes. Maine lists psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule X and never mentions spores. What 17-A M.R.S. §1102 says, the penalties, Portland's 2023 resolution, the failed 2025 LD 1034 vote, and buying spores in Maine.
Yes. Montana lists psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule I and never mentions spores. This guide covers MCA 50-32-222, the penalties, the paraphernalia law, the 2023 bill that failed and buying spores in Montana.
Yes. Hawaii lists psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule I and never mentions spores. This guide covers HRS 329-14, the felony penalties, the paraphernalia law, the Breakthrough Therapies Task Force, recent bills and buying spores in Hawaii.
Yes. Alaska lists psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule IIA and never mentions spores. This guide covers AS 11.71.150, the penalties, Alaska's missing paraphernalia law, the 2024 task force, the ballot initiative and buying spores in Alaska.
