Magic Mushrooms

Title: Magic Mushrooms
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Magic Mushrooms

MUSHROOMS Mushrooms contain psilocybin which is hallucinogenic and produces a potent, dreamy delirium. Mushrooms predominant pharmacological effect is to alter perception, feelings and thought in the user. Psilocybin is found in approximately 75 different species of mushrooms from three different genera. Psychic effects can be obtained from dosages between 10 and 60 mg. And generally last for 5 to 6 hours. Both wild and cultivated mushrooms vary greatly in strength, so one strong plant may have as much psilocybin as 10 …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 526 total…Cap and stem shape may sometimes be used as identifying characteristics; this mushroom has a convex cap and s stem with a basal bulb. The different parts of a mushroom can have different textures. The stems of some species are crisp and break cleanly, whereas some have a fibrous stem. A mushroom’s cap may be dry. The overall texture of a mushroom may be described as fleshy, woody, gelatinous, or rubbery, among other adjectives.

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