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

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.

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.

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 destroying angel ( Amanita bisporigera ) and the death cap ( Amanita phalloides ) are responsible for the overwhelming majority of deaths due to mushroom poisoning.

* Amanita ocreata, a poisonous mushroom

Inedible species of Amanita include Amanita albocreata ( ringless panther ), Amanita atkinsoniana, Amanita citrina, Amanita daucipes, Amanita excelsa, Amanita flavoconia, Amanita franchetti, Amanita jacksonii ( American Caesar's mushroom ), Amanita longipes, Amanita magniverrucata, Amanita onusta, Amanita rhopalopus, Amanita silvicola, Amanita sinicoflava, Amanita spreta, and Amanita volvata.

Herer mostly recovered, and claimed in May 2004 that treatment with the Amanita muscaria, a psychoactive mushroom, was the " secret ".

Instead, the Psilocybe semilanceata, being the only psilocybin-containing mushroom common in Slavic countries, is sought after for its hallucinogenic properties, the latter being more desirable with fewer side effects than those of A. muscaria.

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

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.

Amanita pantherina contains the psychoactive compound muscimol, but is used as an entheogen much less often than the related Amanita muscaria because of the potentially dangerously higher levels of muscimol found in the mushroom.

Amanita muscaria ( fly agaric ) is another mushroom having hallucinogenic properties that has not been thoroughly studied.

Wasson's next major contribution was a study of the ancient Vedic intoxicant soma, which he proposed was based on the psychoactive fly agaric ( Amanita muscaria ) mushroom.

A fresco in the 13th-century Plaincourault Abbey in France depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, flanking a Tree of Knowledge that has the appearance of a gigantic Amanita muscaria, a poisonous and psychoactive mushroom.

It is also found in A. muscaria, although it is now known that the main effect of this mushroom is caused by ibotenic acid.

A. muscaria, the " Alice in Wonderland " mushroom, is known for the toxic / hallucinogenic properties caused by muscimol, but A. pantherina and A. gemmata also contain the same compound.

* Amanita pantherina ( panther mushroom ) – contains similar toxins as A. muscaria, but is associated with more fatalities than A. muscaria.

Amanita muscaria, the mushroom from which muscarine was isolated.

For instance, Scandinavian mythology says Berserkers could drink a mixture called " butotens ", perhaps prepared from the Amanita muscaria mushroom, to increase their physical power a dozen times at the risk of insanity.

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

This process is commonly referred to as mushrooming, because the resulting shape, a widened, rounded nose on top of a cylindrical base, typically resembles a mushroom.

* Earl Young ( architect )-works commonly referred to as gnome homes, mushroom houses, or Hobbit houses

; cep: from cep ' trunk ', this is an alternative cookery name for the penny bun mushroom, now more commonly known by the Italian name of porcini.

Coincidentally, these toxic mushrooms resemble several edible species ( most notably caesar's mushroom and the straw mushroom ) commonly consumed by humans, increasing the risk of accidental poisoning.

* Grifola frondosa, known in Japan as maitake ( also " hen of the woods " or " sheep ’ s head "); a large, hearty mushroom commonly found on or near stumps and bases of oak trees, and believed to have Macrolepiota procera properties.

Some species are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because many think they taste like chicken.

Omphalotus olearius, commonly known as the jack-o '- lantern mushroom, is an orange-to yellow-gill mushroom that to an untrained eye appears similar to some chanterelles, and is most notable for its bioluminescent properties.

Good mushroom guidebooks call attention to similarities between species, especially if an edible species is similar to or commonly confused with one that is potentially harmful.

The most notable species is the Boletus edulis, the " mushroom king ", a beautiful, almost legendary, relatively rare mushroom, edible in almost any ( even raw ) form, and commonly considered the best-tasting mushroom.

It is the most commonly picked tree-dwelling mushroom and is often also artificially cultivated for sale in grocery stores.

The mushroom is more commonly found in places where ground has been disturbed, such as openings, rivulets, washes, timber clearings, plowed openings, forest fire clearings, and roadsides.

Prized as an ingredient in various foods, B. edulis is an edible mushroom held in high regard in many cuisines, and is commonly prepared and eaten in soups, pasta, or risotto.

Psilocybe semilanceata, commonly known as the liberty cap, is a psychedelic ( or " magic ") mushroom that contains the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and baeocystin.

Cordyceps sinensis, known in English commonly as caterpillar fungus, is considered a medicinal mushroom in oriental medicines, such as traditional Chinese medicines and traditional Tibetan medicine.

Mycotoxin exposure is almost always accidental whereas with mushrooms improper identification and ingestion causing mushroom poisoning is commonly the case.

The lingzhi mushroom or reishi mushroom () encompasses several fungal species of the genus Ganoderma, and most commonly refers to the closely related species, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma tsugae.

This mushroom is commonly attached to dead logs or stumps at one point with a thick stem.

Morchella esculenta, ( commonly known as common morel, morel, yellow morel, true morel, morel mushroom, and sponge morel ) is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family of the Ascomycota.

People who collect mushrooms for consumption are known as mycophagists, and the act of collecting them for such is known as mushroom hunting, or simply " mushrooming ".

It is largely known for being among the easiest psilocybin mushroom species to grow and cultivate illicitly and by the people of the psychedelic drug culture to appear in cow feaces in the Summer months of November, December and January, along the Queensland and upper New South Wales eastern borders.

: B is a more rounded and shorter form of A. B1 is the variant with a straight lower edge, known as " mushroom " or " tea-cosy "

All of these influence how the bullet interacts with the target ( known by the misnomer terminal ballistics ) — does it penetrate point-on or does it turn partially or completely sideways ( sometimes erroneously referred to as tumbling ), does it stay in one piece, does it deform ( mushroom ) and how much does it deform, etc.

Within the palace are Royal Guards known as mushroom retainers.

Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the " inhalation mushroom ".

Other common names by which the mushroom is known in English include " Chinese black mushroom ", " black forest mushroom ", " black mushroom ", " golden oak mushroom ", or " oakwood mushroom ".

Claudius was known to have been very fond of eating Caesar's mushroom.

* Boletus edulis or edible Boletus, native to Europe, known in Italian as Fungo Porcino ( plural ' porcini ') ( Pig mushroom ), in German as Steinpilz ( Stone mushroom ), in Russian as " white mushroom ", in Albanian as ( Wolf mushroom ) and in French the cèpe.

Also known by names such as the " chicken mushroom ", " chicken fungus ", sulphur shelf is a distinct bracket fungus popular among mushroom hunters.