Psilocybin remains illegal statewide in Michigan in 2026, though six cities including Detroit and Ann Arbor have made enforcement the lowest police priority.
Michigan sits in an in-between place on psilocybin in 2026. Statewide, magic mushrooms remain illegal: possession is a misdemeanor under the Public Health Code, and growing or selling them is a felony. But a string of local governments — Ann Arbor, Detroit, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Ypsilanti and, since December 2025, Jackson — have directed their police to treat entheogenic plants and fungi as the lowest enforcement priority, and the Washtenaw County prosecutor stopped charging personal-use entheogen cases back in 2021. Those resolutions reduce the practical risk of arrest inside city limits, but they do not legalize anything: state and federal law still apply everywhere in Michigan, and no store or clinic can legally sell psilocybin. At the Capitol, House Bill 4686 — introduced in June 2025 — would let adults with a documented PTSD diagnosis possess and grow limited amounts, but it had not received a hearing as of July 2026. What is legal today: psilocybin spores for microscopy, amanita muscaria products, and functional mushroom supplements.
Possession
Possessing psilocybin or psilocin is a misdemeanor under Michigan's Public Health Code (MCL 333.7403(2)(c)), punishable by up to 1 year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine. Six cities and Washtenaw County have deprioritized or declined to prosecute personal-use entheogen cases, and Grand Rapids has adopted a weaker resolution backing decriminalization efforts and supporting "ongoing low prioritization" without issuing a lowest-priority directive. State law still applies everywhere in Michigan.
Cultivation
Growing psilocybin mushrooms is treated as manufacturing a Schedule 1 controlled substance under MCL 333.7401(2)(b)(ii), a felony punishable by up to 7 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine. Note the gap between the two offenses: simple possession is a 1-year misdemeanor, but cultivating — including germinating legally purchased spores — carries a maximum seven times as long.
Retail / purchase
No purchase of psilocybin is legal anywhere in Michigan — there is no licensed program, no dispensaries, and city deprioritization resolutions do not permit sales. Legal retail is limited to psilocybin spores (for microscopy), amanita muscaria products, and functional mushroom supplements.
Local decriminalization
Ann Arbor · Detroit · Hazel Park · Ferndale · Ypsilanti · Jackson
Spores
Psilocybin spores are legal to buy and possess in Michigan because they contain no psilocybin or psilocin. Michigan's controlled-substance schedules (MCL 333.7212) contain no spore or mycelium language, and Michigan is not among the handful of states that do restrict spores — California, Georgia, Idaho, and Florida, and, since 2025, Florida. Germinating spores is a separate matter: that counts as manufacturing a Schedule 1 controlled substance and is a felony.
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria is not a controlled substance in Michigan — its active compounds, muscimol and ibotenic acid, appear neither on Michigan's Schedule 1 list (MCL 333.7212) nor in the federal Controlled Substances Act — and amanita gummies and extracts are sold openly in Michigan smoke shops and online. Louisiana's Act 159 is the best-known state-level ban, and it exempts ornamental use; Michigan has no equivalent law. Worth understanding: amanita is not a "magic mushroom." It acts on GABA receptors rather than serotonin, produces sedative and delirium-like effects rather than a psilocybin-style experience, and ibotenic acid is genuinely toxic at higher doses. These products are unregulated, so labeled potency and dosing are not reliable.
Recent changes
House Bill 4686, introduced June 25, 2025 by Rep. Mike McFall (D-Hazel Park), would exempt adults with a documented PTSD diagnosis from penalties for possessing, growing, and using psilocybin and psilocin (up to 2 ounces); it was referred to the House Families and Veterans Committee and had not received a hearing as of July 2026. On December 16, 2025, Jackson's city council voted 4-2 to make enforcement of laws against entheogenic plants and fungi its lowest police priority, becoming the sixth Michigan city to do so, following Ypsilanti (January 2024), Ferndale (2023), Hazel Park (2022), Detroit (Proposal E, November 2021), and Ann Arbor (September 2020). Grand Rapids is sometimes counted alongside these, but its resolution only expresses support for decriminalization efforts and for "ongoing low prioritization" — it stops short of the lowest-priority directives the six cities adopted. As of late July 2026, no statewide psilocybin measure had been enacted or qualified for the Michigan ballot, and HB 4686 remained in committee without a hearing.
Simple possession of psilocybin or psilocin is a misdemeanor carrying up to 1 year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine (MCL 333.7403(2)(c)) — the statute names psilocybin explicitly and treats it more leniently than most Schedule 1 substances, which carry a 2-year felony for possession. Manufacture, cultivation, or delivery gets no such carve-out: it is a felony punishable by up to 7 years and/or a $10,000 fine (MCL 333.7401(2)(b)(ii)).
Legal options for Michigan residents
The nearest genuinely legal psilocybin access for Michigan residents is a licensed, facilitated session at a state-regulated healing center in Colorado or a licensed service center in Oregon — both require attending in person in those states. At home in Michigan, legal options are limited to psilocybin spores for microscopy, amanita muscaria products, and functional mushroom supplements.
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FAQ
Are shrooms legal in Michigan?
No. Psilocybin mushrooms are illegal statewide in Michigan in 2026 — possession is a misdemeanor and cultivation or sale is a felony. Six cities (Ann Arbor, Detroit, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Ypsilanti, and Jackson) have passed resolutions making enforcement the lowest police priority, but those resolutions do not legalize anything, and state and federal law still apply.
Are mushrooms decriminalized in Ann Arbor and Detroit?
Effectively, at the local level. Ann Arbor's 2020 resolution and Detroit's voter-approved Proposal E (2021) direct police to treat entheogenic plants and fungi as their lowest enforcement priority, and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit has declined to charge personal-use entheogen cases since January 2021. This lowers the practical risk of arrest inside those jurisdictions but is not legalization — state police and prosecutors can still enforce Michigan law.
Can you buy magic mushrooms in Michigan?
No. There is no legal way to buy psilocybin in Michigan — the state has no licensed psilocybin program, and anyone selling mushrooms is operating illegally regardless of local decriminalization resolutions. What can be sold legally: psilocybin spores for microscopy, amanita muscaria products, and functional (non-psychoactive) mushroom supplements.
Are psilocybin spores legal in Michigan?
Yes. Spores contain no psilocybin or psilocin, so they are legal to purchase and possess in Michigan for microscopy and research purposes — Michigan has no spore statute, unlike California, Georgia, Idaho and Florida. Germinating them into mushrooms is a different offense entirely: that is manufacturing a Schedule 1 controlled substance, a felony carrying up to 7 years.
Will Michigan legalize psilocybin?
Not yet, but there is active legislation. House Bill 4686 (introduced June 2025) would let adults with a PTSD diagnosis possess and grow limited amounts of psilocybin; as of July 2026 it was still awaiting a committee hearing. Earlier statewide decriminalization bills (SB 631 in 2021 and successor bills) stalled without votes.
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- Marijuana Moment — New Michigan Bill Would Legalize Psilocybin For People With PTSD (June 26, 2025) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- The Manchester Mirror — Psychedelics move into the spotlight: What to know in Michigan (May 4, 2026) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- WLNS — Jackson City Council passes resolution to make policing of psychedelics the lowest priority (December 2025) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Legislature — House Bill 4686 of 2025 (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Legislature — MCL 333.7403 (possession; subsection (2)(c) names psilocybin/psilocyn, 1-year misdemeanor) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Legislature — MCL 333.7401 (manufacture/delivery; subsection (2)(b)(ii), 7-year felony) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Legislature — MCL 333.7212 (Schedule 1; lists psilocybin and psilocyn, no muscimol, ibotenic acid, or spore language) (accessed 2026-07-29)
- MichiganVotes (Mackinac Center) — 2025 House Bill 4686 action history: introduced June 25, 2025, referred to Committee on Families and Veterans, no further action recorded (accessed 2026-07-29)
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- Marijuana Moment — DeSantis Signs Bill To Criminalize Psychedelic Mushroom Spores In Florida (SB 700, May 2025) (accessed 2026-07-29)