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The stores may sell actual hallucinogenic mushrooms such as psilocybin mushrooms and Amanita muscaria mushrooms. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Additionally or alternatively, they may sell mushroom edible products such as chocolate bars , gummies , or drinks that contain hallucinogenic mushroom constituents like psilocybin or muscimol or that contain synthetic ...
The first mention of hallucinogenic mushrooms in European medicinal literature was in the London Medical and Physical Journal in 1799: A man served Psilocybe semilanceata mushrooms he had picked for breakfast in London's Green Park to his family. The apothecary who treated them later described how the youngest child "was attacked with fits of ...
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Button, crimini and portobello mushrooms are most common in the United States, but some supermarkets have started stocking specialty varieties, especially shiitake, enoki and oyster mushrooms.
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[33]: 36–41, 52 Cultivated mushrooms have less variability in psilocybin content than wild mushrooms. [227] The drug is more stable in dried than fresh mushrooms; dried mushrooms retain their potency for months or even years, [33]: 51–5 while mushrooms stored fresh for four weeks contain only traces of the original psilocybin. [56]
Psilocybe cyanescens has a hygrophanous pileus (cap) that is caramel to chestnut-brown when moist, fading to pale buff or slightly yellowish when dried. Caps generally measure from 1.5–5 cm (½" to 2") across, and are normally distinctly wavy in maturity. [1]
Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug produced naturally by psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as "magic mushrooms". [4] In the United States, it is federally classified as a Schedule I controlled substance that has "no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." [5] The drug was banned by the 1970 Controlled Substances Act. [6]