SACRED MUSHROOM’S TRIP PROVES SHORT: After 18 months in business, the Sacred Mushroom, once the largest legal psilocybin venue in Portland, has packed up the meditation cushions and potted palms and shut its doors. Neither it nor its parent company, Kaya Holdings, are listed in the state’s directory of licensed “service centers” any longer, and Google Maps says the business is “permanently closed.” Kaya Holdings chief executive Craig Frank didn’t return a message seeking comment. In September, Frank told WW that the 11,000-square-foot Sacred Mushroom would remain open at its seventh-floor aerie (with views of Mount Hood) in Old Town, even as Kaya pivoted to a new industry: cryptocurrency. Kaya detailed its switch to crypto in an Oct. 21 press release, saying it aimed to become a “digit

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