Incredible! A mushroom that bruises blue, but the visions are seemingly unlike traditional tryptamines, and there's no psilocybin found in the mushroom. Also no muscimol present (the thing in Fly Agaric, the 'other' type of hallucinogenic mushroom compound) yet there's definitely a consistent syndrome of hallucinations if you eat it undercooked. Could this mean we're on the brink of discovering an entirely new class…
Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
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#22It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…
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#23SWIM would like to know how to get paid as (instead of paying to be) "an expert who explores new mushrooms".
Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
#24It is interesting how the hallucinations consistently represent tiny people/elves to the mushroom consumer, even across geography/culture. I wonder what the brain is doing…
Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
#25I was disappointed that the article doesn't contain pictures of these little people.
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#28SWIM would like to know how to get paid as (instead of paying to be) "an expert who explores new mushrooms".
(I know folks who read PiHKAL and thought "Hmm, this would be a nice ML training/prediction exercise")
Re: Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations
#29I was disappointed that the article doesn't contain pictures of these little people.
It does but the liliputians are invisible on photographs unless you’ve eaten the undercooked mushroom.