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Seven U.S. states, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Illinois have officially declared a state mushroom.Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1]
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Scientific name Common name Active agent Distribution Similar edible species Picture Agaricus californicus: California Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus hondensis [1] Felt-ringed Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus menieri: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe
The fungus was first described in 1800, by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, as Helvella esculenta, [3] and gained its current accepted binomial name when the Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries placed it in the genus Gyromitra in 1849. [4] The genus name is derived from the Greek terms gyros/γυρος "round" and mitra/μιτρα ...
The possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms, including P. cinctulus, is therefore prohibited by extension. However, in many national, state, and provincial drug laws, there is a great deal of ambiguity about the legal status of psilocybin mushrooms and the spores of these mushrooms. Panaeolus cinctulus is mildly psychoactive. [5]
Clumps of mushrooms arise after rain from spring to autumn, commonly in urban and disturbed habitats such as vacant lots and lawns, as well as grassy areas. It can be eaten, but due to the presence of coprine within the mushroom, it is poisonous when consumed with alcohol , as it heightens the body's sensitivity to ethanol in a similar manner ...
The peak season for death cap mushrooms is from late summer through December. They first appeared in Boise last fall and are increasing in number. The world’s deadliest mushroom is growing in Boise.
A proposed Indiana Senate bill would establish a fund to further the study whether psilocybin – the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms – could be used to treat certain mental ...