Additionally, some modern ethnomycologists, such as Danny Staples, identify ambrosia with the untameable hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria: " it was the food of the gods, their ambrosia, and nectar was the pressed sap of its juices ", Staples asserts.

The mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as " fly agaric "

Amanita muscaria, the most easily recognised " toadstool ", is frequently depicted in fairy stories and on greeting cards.

The classic example of a toadstool is Amanita muscaria.

* Amanita muscaria – ibotenic acid and muscimol

** ibotenic acid ( found in Amanita muscaria (" Fly Agaric "); prodrug to muscimol )

** muscimol ( also found in Amanita muscaria, a GABAergic )

The common muscimol-bearing mushroom Amanita muscaria, also known as the " Fly Agaric "

A short video on the use of Amanita muscaria mushrooms by the Sami people and their reindeer produced by the BBC.

Other entheogenic fungi, such as Amanita muscaria, have also been suggested.

A short video on the use of Amanita muscaria mushrooms by the Sami people and their reindeer produced by the BBC.

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Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species.

Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol.

Amanita muscaria var.

* Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, potential correlation with Christmas tradition

Candidates that have been suggested include honey, and fly agaric ( Amanita muscaria ), which was widely used among Siberian shamans for its entheogenic properties.

A number of proposals were made, including one in 1968 by the American banker R. Gordon Wasson, an amateur ethnomycologist, who asserted that soma was an inebriant, and suggested fly-agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, as the likely candidate.

" McKenna cites both Wasson's and his own unsuccessful attempts using Amanita muscaria to reach a psychedelic state as evidence that it could not have inspired the worship and praise of Soma.

Teeter records success with his use of Amanita muscaria and his experiments to duplicate the described occurrences surrounding the production, use and effects described for Soma and the Grail.

In addition to his writings on anarchism and Temporary Autonomous Zones, Bey has written essays on such diverse topics as Tong traditions, the utopian Charles Fourier, the fascist Gabriele D ' Annunzio, alleged connections between Sufism and ancient Celtic culture, technology and Luddism, Amanita muscaria use in ancient Ireland, and sacred pederasty in the Sufi tradition.

Some scholars believe certain examples of berserker rage to have been induced voluntarily by the consumption of drugs such as the hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria.

Amanita muscaria, a conditionally edible species

Amanita phalloides (), commonly known as the death cap, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.

The mushroom has been noted to commonly co-occur with Amanita muscaria or A. rubescens, although it is unclear whether this is due to a biological association between the species, or because of similarities in growing season, habitat, and ecological requirements.

It commonly grows with the mycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria in a mutualistic relationship.

Amanita pantherina, while it contains the same hallucinogens as Amanita muscaria ( e. g., ibotenic acid and muscimol ), has been more commonly associated with severe gastrointestinal upset than its better-known counterpart.

Amanita virosa, commonly known as the European destroying angel, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.

Amanita fulva, commonly called the tawny grisette, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita.

The Koryak people of Siberia are reported to have used the psychoactive Amanita muscaria mushroom, commonly known as fly agaric, as a ceremonial entheogen.

The family, also commonly called the Amanita family, is in order Agaricales, gilled mushrooms.

Amanita caesarea, commonly known in English as Caesar's Mushroom, is a highly regarded edible mushroom in the genus Amanita, native to southern Europe and North Africa.

Most notable of these are the species known as destroying angels, namely Amanita virosa and Amanita bisporigera, as well as the fool's mushroom ( A. verna ).

The genus Amanita contains about 600 species of agarics including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well regarded edible species.

Although a few species of Amanita are edible, many fungi experts advise against eating a member of Amanita unless the species is known with absolute certainty.

The album cover image is of a mushroom ( Amanita muscaria ), also known as a fly agaric mushroom.

pantherina, also known as the panther cap and false blusher due to its similarity to the true blusher ( Amanita rubescens ), is a species of Europe and western Asia.

Phalloidin is one of a group of toxins from the death cap ( Amanita phalloides ) known as phallotoxins.

The cyclopeptide-producing Amanita phalloides is well known for its toxic potential and is responsible for approximately 90 % of all mushroom fatalities.

*" Boletes are generally safe to eat " – It is true that unlike a number of Amanita species in particular, in most parts of the world, there are no known deadly varieties of the Boletus genus, which reduces the risks associated with misidentification.

* Amanita muscaria ( fly agaric ) – known for its use as an entheogen, and it is now known that the toxins convert to psychoactives upon drying.

Some of the well known particular psychedelic substances that have been used to this day are: MDMA, LSD, Psilocybin, Cannabis, Mescaline, 2C-B, Dimethyltryptamine, Ibogaine, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, Ketamine, Amanita muscaria, Bufotenine, Harmaline, Ayahuasca, and Salvia divinorum.

Amanita virosa is very similar to several other species of all-white amanitas known as destroying angels, which has led to confusion over which occurs where.

Amanita porphyria, also known as the Grey Veiled Amanita, is a fairly common, inedible basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita found in Europe and North America.