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Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata is a psilocybin mushroom, having psilocybin and/or psilocin as main active compounds. It is closely related to P. subaeruginascens from Java, P. septentrionalis from Japan, and P. wayanadensis from India. This mushroom was first documented by Richard V. Gaines in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in June 2003.
Psilocybin mushrooms are mushrooms which contain the hallucinogenic substances psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin and norbaeocystin. The mushrooms are collected and grown as an entheogen and recreational drug, despite being illegal in many countries .
The possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms, including P. semilanceata, is therefore prohibited by extension. Although many European countries remained open to the use and possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms after the US ban, starting in the 2000s (decade) there has been a tightening of laws and enforcements.
Hallucinogenic mushrooms are emerging again as a popular drug choice for some people – including some who struggle with anxiety and depression. 'Magic mushrooms' are making a comeback ...
Eleven people were hospitalized in Pennsylvania on Friday after accidentally eating toxic wild mushrooms, authorities said. Entire family, including 9 children, hospitalized after eating toxic ...
The availability of psilocybin mushrooms from wild and cultivated sources has made them one of the most widely used psychedelic drugs. At present, psilocybin mushroom use has been reported among some groups spanning from central Mexico to Oaxaca, including groups of Nahua, Mixtecs, Mixe, Mazatecs, Zapotecs, and others. [2]
A fire company in Central Pennsylvania said nearly a dozen people got sick from mushrooms in Peach Bottom Township. Toxic mushrooms send 11 people to hospital in Central Pennsylvania Skip to main ...
From 18 July 2005 [109] both fresh and "prepared" (that is, dried, cooked or made into a tea) psilocybin mushrooms became illegal in the United Kingdom; fresh mushrooms had previously been widely available, even in shops, but section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 made fresh psychedelic mushrooms ("fungi containing psilocybin"), a Class A drug. [110]