buffy said:

ms spock said:

buffy said:

They purple staining little brown mushrooms are starting to show up.

Are they of the magical kind?

Yes. Although there are quite a few mushrooms with some psilocybins, psilocins and gymnopilins in them. From “Wild Mushrooming. A Guide for Foragers”, written by a couple of eminent Australian mycologists:

“Several native and exotic species of Copelandia and Panaeolina (both placed in Panaeolus by some authors) as well as Psilocybe are deliberately consumed in Australia for their hallucinogenic properties. These fungi are occasionally ingested accidentally due to confusion with edible mushrooms. Hallucinogenic species often stain blue. However, blue mushrooms exist in genera known to contain toxic species, such as Cortinarius and Entoloma. The highly toxic Galerina marginata closely resembles some species of Psilocybe.”

That Galerina mentioned does not have the common name of Funeral Bell for no reason. It has amatoxins like the Death Cap.

That is fascinating.

I could copy and paste this into the “What I have learnt” thread, but that would be cheating. :)

I think that they are using these mushrooms in trials for PTSD in America, last I read about trials.