Psilocybin Mushrooms
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Family :
Strophariaceae
Genus :
Psilocybe
Species :
cubensis; cyanescens; semilanceata; ...
Genus :
Panaeolus
Species :
campanulatus; subbalteatus; ...
COMMON NAMES
Shrooms; Magic Mushrooms; Sacred Mushrooms; teonanácatl
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Psychedelic
DESCRIPTION
There are more than 180 species of mushrooms that contain the psychedelic chemicals psilocybin or psilocin. They have a long history of use in Mexico and are currently one of the most popular and commonly available natural psychedelics.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
SPECIES & VARIETIES #
Psilocybe semilanceata hunting, by Andrew Weil
HISTORY #
Wasson's First Voyage, by John W. Allen
Maria Sabina: Saint Mother of the Sacred Mushroom, by John W. Allen
IDENTIFICATION #
Magic Mushrooms of Australia & New Zealand, by John W. Allen
Identifying Magic Mushrooms, by D. Pegler & B. Spooner
Safe-Pik Mushroom Identification Guide, by John W. Allen
Field Guide to the Psilocybin Mushrooms, by F.C. Ghouled (historical)
TRADITIONAL USE #
Little Flowers of the Gods, by Shultes and Hofmann
Comments on the Psilocybin Mushroom, by Elfstone
Mushroom Healing Quote, by Maria Sabina
MEDICAL USE #
HEALTH #
Risk Assessment Report Related to Paddos - CAM (the Netherlands), Feb 2000
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
The Mushroom Entheogen, by C.B. Gold
Close Encounters of the Panaeolus Kind - by John W. Allen
Mapping the Mycelial Network - by Allen, Gartz, Guzman
Observations on the Psychoactive Properties of P. foenisecii - by John W. Allen
Testing Gymnopilus luteofolius - by Erowid
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Re-Psychedelica Britannica - Arthur Mag, Jan 2005
CULTIVATION #
Mushroom Cultivation: From Falconer to Fanaticus and Beyond - Entheogen Review, 2001
EXPERIENCES #
Hold the Hand of a Little Flower, by Jasper
Alien God and Mushroom Prophecies 2, by TrYPtaMinE
Time for Therapy, by Orlando RedTailed
Stepping into a Spiritual Realm, by Jez
Self/Collective Love Heroic Dose VDay Trip, by scratchedelder 
BOOKS #
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, by Paul Stamets
Wondrous Mushroom, by R. Gordon Wasson
Magic Mushrooms Around the World, by Jochen Gartz
Mushroom Pioneers, by John W. Allen
Sacred Mushrooms & the Law, by Richard Glen Boire
Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Growers Guide, by Oss & Oeric
Mushrooms Demystified, by David Arora
Magic Mushroom Explorer, by Simon Powell [2015]
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Psilocybin Mushroom - Wikipedia.org
Mushrooms - TripSit.me
Magic Mushrooms - Dancesafe
Psilocybe Mushrooms - Lycaeum
SPECIES SPECIFIC LINKS #
IMAGES #
LAW #
Police warn magic mushroom pickers they could land themselves with diarrhoea - or worse - Mirror, Oct 2015
Hallucinogenic Mushrooms - EMCDDA, Jan 2007
Magic mushroom ban "too strong" - Jul 18, 2005
High times in magic mushroom business - Nov 29 2003
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
11 Odd Facts about 'Magic' Mushrooms - LiveScience, 2014
Worldwide Distribution of Neurotropic Mushrooms - by Guzman, Allen, & Gartz, 2000
Indole derivatives in a Boletus species from Papua New Guinea - by Thomas and Spaggiari
On the presumed case of fatality caused by ingestion of Liberty Caps - Gartz, Samorini, & Festi, 1996
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial - TheGuardian, May 17 2016
Magic Mushrooms Are Legal in New Mexico: How 'Bout That? - Inverse, Nov 5 2015
From Psilocybin To MDMA: Researchers Are In The Throes Of A Psychedelic Revival - MintPress News, Oct 22 2015
Do LSD and Magic Mushrooms Have a Place In Medicine? - Time, May 26 2015
This is What Magic Mushrooms Do to your Brain - HuffPost, Mar 12 2015
Scientists experiment with mushrooms - LATimes, Nov 2006
Stage IV cancer patients and psilocybin - Medical News Today, Sep 30 2004
Medicine hope for psychedelic drugs - BBC, Aug 2004
CURRENT RESEARCH #
DMT & Psilocybin Research - Rick Strassman, 1992
NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES #
PROHIBITION SITES #