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Jeeksy, the mushroom in the photo is an Amanita muscaria, also known as flykiller, because if you put the hat upside down, it will kill the flies in the surroundings.
It is an hallucinogenic mushroom, but it is also a very poisonus one; instead of Psilocybin and psilocin, the active sustances are ibotemic acid and muscimol, harmful for the heart and the liver.
Yes, it was a sacred drug used not only by vikings but for many cutures in Europe and central asia. And it is true than the molecule of ibotemic acid duplicates itself passing by the kidneys, giving the same properties of mushroom to the piss of an intoxicated person....
there are 123 species of psilocybe mushrooms, and 81 have hallucinogenic properties. The rest are harmless, but at the same time, not good for eating.
Psilocybe Semilanceata, the one your harvesting, is the most widely distributed in the world, growing in meadows in Europe and Northamerica.
An a tip to pick up this year is....find the places were there is most concentration of rain water.....
It is an hallucinogenic mushroom, but it is also a very poisonus one; instead of Psilocybin and psilocin, the active sustances are ibotemic acid and muscimol, harmful for the heart and the liver.
Yes, it was a sacred drug used not only by vikings but for many cutures in Europe and central asia. And it is true than the molecule of ibotemic acid duplicates itself passing by the kidneys, giving the same properties of mushroom to the piss of an intoxicated person....
there are 123 species of psilocybe mushrooms, and 81 have hallucinogenic properties. The rest are harmless, but at the same time, not good for eating.
Psilocybe Semilanceata, the one your harvesting, is the most widely distributed in the world, growing in meadows in Europe and Northamerica.
An a tip to pick up this year is....find the places were there is most concentration of rain water.....