The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Diversity, Traditions, Use and Abuse with Special Reference to the Genus Psilocybe

The traditions, uses and abuses, and studies of hallucinogenic mushrooms, mostly species of Psilocybe, are reviewed and critically analyzed. Amanita muscaria seems to be the oldest hallucinogenic mushroom used by man, although the first hallucinogenic substance, LSD, was isolated from ergot, Clavice...

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Main Author: GASTON GUZMAN HUERTA
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
Published: Fungi from Different Environments 2009
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Online Access:http://inecol.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1005/119