Psilocybe

A number of mushrooms, liberty cap (psilocybe), psilocybin, fly agaric, Amantia muscaria and the peyote cactus contain hallucinogenic agents. They are usually eaten raw but can be dried out and stored or cooked into food or made into a tea and drunk. The effects are highly variable and whereas 20-30 liberty caps would be required to give a full dose, just one fly agaric mushroom would produce similar actions. Some recent local surveys in the UK have found between 12% and 15% of 16-year-olds claiming to have used these at least once. 

Die entsprechende Carbonsaure CDXXXIV wurde von Jones (148) aus Psilocybe sacrocephala isoliert ... 

Such alkaloids can be found particularly in the Myristicaceae, Malpighiaceae, Rutaceae, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, Loganiaceae, and Convolvulaceae. Such compounds are also found in mushrooms from the genera Conocybe, Panaeolus, Psilocybe, and Stropharia (Agaricaceae), which where used by the Aztecs of pre-Columbian America for their psilocin. 

Psilocybe Conocybe silineoides Panaeolus sphinctrinus Psilocybe aztecorum P. caerulescans P. mexicana Stropharia cubensis Fungus Psilocin, psilocybin... 

There are several related species of mushrooms that have hallucinogenic effects. Many are in the psilocybe genus, including Psilocybe aztecorum, P. caerulescans, and P. mexicana (Schultes and Hofman 1980, 1992). Other related species include Stropharia cubensis, Panaeolus sphinctrinus, and P. foenisecii (see table 9.1 and figure 9.3). 

The two principal hallucinogenic constituents of psilocybe mushrooms (and related genera) are psilocybin and psilocin (Schultes and Hofman 1980,1992) (figure 9.4). They are very similar, having a dimethyltryptamine structure and differing only by a phosphoric acid molecule. Psilocybin may be called 4-phosphoryl-DMT and psilocin may be called 4-hydroxy DMT. They are both approximately 1/200 as potent as LSD. Absorption is adequate through the oral route, making this a common form of consumption. 

Psilocybe and related species. Reprinted with permission from Schultes RE, Hofman A. (1980). The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens, 2nd ed. Springfield, III. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, fruting. Psilocybin levels vary by a factor of four in controlled cultures, and by a factor of seven in wild samples (Beug and Bigwood 1982). 

Psilocybe intoxication is very similar to other monoamine hallucinogens in terms of the subjective and hallucinogenic effects. Similar to other monoamine hallucinogens, psilocybe mushroom intoxication produces sympathomimetic features of tachycardia, hypertension, and hyperreflexia (Peden et al. 1982). Many experience nausea and vomiting. Perceptual distortions are primarily visual, but paresthesia and feelings of depersonalization also occur. The acute effects of psilocybe intoxication are shorter-lived than LSD, typically lasting 4-6 hours and completely clearing by 12 hours. 

Bigwood J, Beug MW. (1982). Variation of psilocybin and psilocin levels with repeated flushes (harvests) of mature sporocarps of Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer. J Ethnopharmacoi. 5(3) 287-91. 

I. Hallucinations and illusions—Miscellanea. 2. Psilocybe cubensis—Psychic aspects. 3. Psilocybin. 4. McKenna, Terence K.—Journeys. 5. La Chorrera (Amazonas,... 

Teonancatl Psilocybe mexicana Mushroom Psilocybin Eaten Hallucinogenic Aztecs, modern Native Americans Mexico, Central America... 

Also known to be hallucinogenic are the indole derivatives psilocin and psilocybin found in the so-called magic mushrooms, Psilocybe species. Ingestion of these small fungi causes visual hallucinations with rapidly changing shapes and colours. Psilocybin is the phosphate of psilocin although based on 4-hydroxytryptamine, they also act on 5-HT receptors. 

L-tryptophan-derived Agaricacea Psilocybe semilanceata Psilocin... 

Psilocybin and psilocin are psychoactive hallucinogenous alkaloids synthesized from the small mushroom genus Psilocybe spp. On average, the concentration of these alkaloids is 300 g in 100 g of mushroom mass. Structurally, these alkaloids are neurotransmitters 5-HT. 

The a for the structural development of psilocin and psilocybin is L-tryptophan and the j3 is tryptamine. Psilocin is A and psilocybin is P. A and P are the main alkaloids in hallucinogenic mushrooms belonging to the genus Psilocybe. 

Plants containing indoleamines include Psilocybe mushrooms, morning glory and Virola. Plants containing tropane alkaloids such as the muscarinic antagonists scopolamine and atropine are found in some members of the Solanaceae plant family—including datura, mandrake, henbane and... 

Magic mushrooms belong to the genus Psilocybe, and include Psilocybe mexicana and hougshagenii, traditionally considered to be most important, and also Stropharia cubensis and Panaeolus sphinctrinus. These contain psilocybine and psilocine which mimic the action of serotonin. The Mazatec shaman, Maria Sabina, described the effects of the mushrooms as follows This is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible. And this is where God lives, where the dead live, the spirits and the saints, a world where... 

Psilocybin Psilocybe mexicana hallucinogen/traditional psilocybin/alkal. 

Kent has seen the elves in his DMT experiences (and on Psilocybe mushrooms as well), and did indeed perceive them as externalized disincarnate beings, even managing to carry on rudimentary conversations. However, the more he experimented with DMT, the more he felt that the elves were mere machinations of his mind. While under the influence, he found he could think them into existence, and then think them right out of existence at will. 

Psilocybin can be found in over 100 species of mushrooms in Mexico, Central America, and northwestern and southeastern parts of the United States. Some of the common mushroom varieties are Psilocybe mexicana, Psilocybe cubensis, Psilocybe azure-scens, and Psilocybe cyanescen. Street names include Alice, magic mushrooms, purple passion, sh rooms, and siUy putty. 

Psilocybe cubensis (with 1.5 g, orally) "At best, some speckled patterning with my eyes closed, and in general a light intoxication. Certainly not the sparkle of LSD. Dropped quickly and felt heavy and tired, good sleep."... 

But nowhere in the legal archives of current drug statutes can you find mention of Genera such as Psilocybe, Stropharia, Paneolus or Inocybe. Nor of the dozens and dozens of species that stem from them. So, you would logically conclude that these magic mushroom are not illegal Well, yes and no. 

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