A large colony of what is likely Amanita muscaria var. guessowii growing under a rare Sergeant hemlock
A large colony of what is likely Amanita muscaria var. guessowii growing under a rare Sergeant hemlock
I don't really know how to add multiple pictures to a single Post I don't even know if it's possible on mobile.
Great pics, regardless!
Yummmm. I mean, no yumm, but so pretty.
It's been used medicinally for a while, mostly in Siberia. That mushroom has a very interesting history and research is finally opening up for it.
A decent read: https://chacruna.net/fly-agaric-amanita-muscaria-traditional-modern-therapeutic-uses/
Oh, it's not to be confused with the Death Cap, Amanita phalloides, for those who don't know.
Some kinds can be eaten, and get you high.
I have a friend who is really into less common psychedelics, and we ate some one time. It was after a concert, so we were already drunk and high (his homemade hashish and kratom, I think it was), and we both fell asleep before it had any effect.
I woke up a couple of hours later, and his cat was standing on my chest just looking at me. He grows some of his own stuff, so most of his home has panels of red and blue lights, making everything have this really cool purple glow with a kind of chromatic aberration effect.
What I saw/experienced in my tripped state, though, was some mythical creature god that was watching over me as it welcomed me into its dimension. It was awesome, and I felt so taken care of and safe that I fell asleep again, like a baby being held by its mother.
I have a photo of the cat in the purple light from earlier that night if anyone wants to see, it's one of the prettiest cats I've ever seen.
Cat tax pls!
I am interested in your reply as I have read in a few mushroom books that Amanita in Europe were a traditionally eaten species, after par-boiling. Apparently it mitigated the nasty bits and made them palatable... but the books also state (probably to cover their butts legally) that none of this had ever been verified as safe for the North-American equivalents.
Over on the west coast of BC the yellow and red Amanita can grow to large sizes, and I've been wanting to find out if they're actually edible (or, yes, perhaps usable for their psychaedelic properties). All the books I have say, if anything, that they'll make you extremely ill (not kill you, but sweating, puking and sh*tting yourself for days).