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Psilocybin mushrooms occur on all continents, but the majority of species are found in subtropical humid forests. [18] P. cubensis is the most common Psilocybe in tropical areas. P. semilanceata , considered the world's most widely distributed psilocybin mushroom, [ 23 ] is found in temperate parts of Europe, North America, Asia, South America ...
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Effects include euphoria, hallucinations, changes in perception, a distorted sense of time, [19] and perceived spiritual experiences. It can also cause adverse reactions such as nausea and panic attacks. Imagery in cave paintings and rock art of modern-day Algeria and Spain suggests that human use of psilocybin mushrooms predates recorded ...
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 .
Magic truffles are the sclerotia of psilocybin mushrooms that are not technically the same as "mushrooms". They are masses of mycelium that contain the fruiting body which contains the hallucinogenic chemicals psilocybin and psilocin .
The Times asked mushroom companies for comment. Most, including the maker of Diamond Shruumz, did not respond. One did say its products contained illegal mushrooms.
Terence and Dennis McKenna made Psilocybe cubensis particularly famous when they published Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide in the 1970s upon their return from the Amazon rainforest, having deduced new methods (based on pre-existing techniques originally described by J.P. San Antonio [24]) for growing psilocybin mushrooms and assuring ...
In 2007, a paper by Redhead et al. proposed conserving the genus Psilocybe with Psilocybe semilanceata as its type species. [5] The suggestion was accepted by unanimous vote of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi of the International Botanical Congress in 2010, meaning that P. semilanceata (a member of the bluing clade) now serves as the type species of the genus. [6]