What are the main ingredients of psychedelic mushrooms?

Gymnosperms are one of the main components in psychedelic mushrooms.

Naked mushroom

"Psychedelic mushroom" is also called "magic mushroom", and its psychedelic ingredients are mainly made of a poisonous fungus "poisonous fly umbrella", which is similar to ordinary mushrooms. Psychedelic mushrooms have thick stems and long and small tops. Some places are processed into powder to eat, which tastes bitter and makes people nervous and hallucinate, hence the name.

"Psychedelic mushroom" is actually an inedible toadstool, which mainly belongs to Amanitaceae with neurotoxin in Northern Europe, Hawaii, Siberia and Malaysia, and the wild "libertycap" in Scotland.

Hallucinogenic mechanism

Psychedelic mushrooms contain a substance called gymnosperm, which is a serotonin receptor agonist. In the absence of serotonin, it can stimulate some receptors and make people feel dreaming. It can lead to nervous system disorder and excitement, and people's words and deeds are out of control.

Extended knowledge

Archaeological documents show that as early as prehistoric times, people knew how to eat mushrooms containing hallucinogenic substances. George Samorini, a scholar of ethnobotany and hallucinogens, pointed out that some Mesolithic cave paintings in the Archie Plateau (the prehistoric site of Kappa culture in North Africa) in Tahiri may have recorded the scenes of shamanism using primitive psychedelic mushrooms, which is supposed to be a naked mushroom species.

Since the pre-Columbian era, the indigenous people in Central America have been using the hallucinogenic mushrooms of the genus gymnospora for religious integration, divination and treatment until today. Many mushroom-like statues have also been found in archaeological sites, which seems to confirm the long history of using magical mushrooms in ceremonies in ancient times.