Shrooms – a funny name or a hallucinogen, medicine, or all of the above?
The interesting and scary: As there are no shortage of street names for these mushrooms, some people call them magic mushrooms, shrooms, boomers, simple Simon, sherm, musk, silly putty, psilocybin mushrooms, or even hallucinogenic nirvana shrooms. There are many types of these mushroom throughout the world. In Mexico alone, there are 53 known species of hallucinogenic mushrooms, which have been used in ancient religious ceremonies, and even alchemy.[i] Some of the more prominent scientific names are Pholiotina, Copelandia, Gymnopilus Mycena, Panaeolus, Pluteus, Psilocybe, and Inocybe, among many others. [ii] As with every substance, some people swear by their beneficial qualities of helping to cure aRead More →