Officially known as psilocybin or
psychedelic, magic mushrooms go by many other slang or street names. These
include shrooms, liberties, magics, or mushies. They are also scientifically
known as psilocybe semilanceata and biological genera include copelandia,
gerronema, hypholoma, inocybe, pluteus, galerina, conocybe, agrocybe, and
psilocybe. Magic mushrooms either grow wild or are cultivated in controlled
environments and most of them contain the hallucinogens psilocin and psilocybin.
Magic mushrooms are not plants
but fungi. They grow from mushroom spores and this is usually in damp dirt or on
decaying plant materials.
Uses of
Magic Mushrooms
Magic mushrooms can be eaten raw,
cooked, dried, or even stewed. Like many other mushroom varieties, magic
mushrooms contain vitamins and other nutrients and some of them are edible,
though some varieties are poisonous. The edible ones can be used for flavoring
and adding a meaty texture to many kinds of foods including risottos and pizza.
Magic mushrooms are also widely
used as hallucinogens. In this regard, they have some effects that many people
looking for a high find in them,
Effects
of Magic Mushrooms
Once you have taken some magic
mushrooms, it may take between half an hour and a couple of hours for you to
feel its effects. These effects may last between four and ten hours. Some of
these effects include distortion of color, objects, and sounds, speeding up and
slowing down of time, enhanced creativity and enlightenment, and some nausea
and disorientation. Of course, all these effects depend on the individual and
the person’s condition at the time such as the mood and whether the person had
eaten.
Magic mushrooms may also make the
user feel some alcohol-like euphoria, convulsions, deep sleep filled with vivid
dreams, slurred speech, and poor coordination. Some long term effects include
flashbacks and anxiety.
If you are pregnant, it is best
if you avoid using magic mushrooms. They may have some negative risks on the
baby’s development. Magic mushrooms are not addictive but users tend to build
up some resistance to it so they end up requiring more of it to attain a high.
Magic mushrooms have been used by
many cultures over thousands of years as psychotropic drugs for recreational
purposes. They have been used in social spheres and in some cultural and
religious ceremonies over the centuries. They can be found in the wild in
almost any climate in the world. They can also be grown at home or in other
controlled environments quite inexpensively.
