It is highly advised to use harm reduction practices if using this substance. However, adverse psychological reactions such as severe anxiety, paranoia, delusions and psychosis are always possible, particularly among individuals predisposed to mental disorders. Unlike most highly prohibited substances, psilocybin mushrooms have low abuse potential and are neither addictive nor physiologically toxic.
They also are reported to produce slightly more emotion enhancement, time distortion and ego loss than the aforementioned substances, as well as more nausea, confusion, and sedation. In distinction to psychedelics like LSD, mescaline, and 2C-B, which may be described as "stimulating", "cerebral", and "bright", psilocybin mushrooms are typically described as having an "earthy", "subliminal", or "dream-like" quality. They are often described to evoke entheogenic, mystical-like, or transpersonal experiences that may facilitate self-reflection and personal growth. The intensity and duration of effects can vary greatly depending on factors such as species and batch, which can complicate standardized dosing information (see this section). Subjective effects include visual geometry, hallucinatory states, time distortion, enhanced introspection, conceptual thinking, euphoria, and ego loss. As a part of the so-called "psychedelic renaissance", they are currently being investigated in the treatment of a number of ailments including anxiety, depression, addiction, and other mental disorders. Today, they are among the most widely used psychedelic substances (partly due to the ease of personal cultivation and harvesting). Widespread usage of psychedelics provoked a societal backlash, and they were prohibited in 1970. Along with LSD, they were incorporated into the youth counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Based on imagery found in prehistoric rock art, they are thought to have been used by various human cultures since before recorded history.Īfter being introduced to the Western world in the 1950s, they generated substantial public interest. Psilocybin mushrooms occur on all continents and have been taxonomically classified into over 200 species, the most potent of which belong to the genus Psilocybe. The mechanism of action is not fully known, although binding activity at serotonin receptors is thought to be involved. Psilocybin mushrooms (also known as magic mushrooms, psychedelic mushrooms, and shrooms) are a family of psychoactive fungi that contain psilocybin, a psychedelic substance of the tryptamine class. Psilocybe cubensis, one of the most common psilocybin-containing mushrooms.
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