US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen consumed wild mushrooms known to have psychedelic effects during her recent official visit to China, according to a report by CNN. What Yellen ate is locally called Jian shou qing mushrooms and is a delicacy in Yunnan. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (AP)“I have a friend who mistakenly ate them and hallucinated for three days,” Dr. Peter Mortimer, a professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, told CNN. Yellen had visited an outlet of the Yi Zuo Yi Wang restaurant chain. ALSO READ| 2024 US Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy opines on cause of ‘Capitol riot’Yellen went on a four-day official China visit from July 6-9.

Source: Hindustan Times July 16, 2023 18:09 UTC