http://www.arenaethnobotanicals.com/agaric-amanita-muscaria-c-3.html I got this link from a thread in sd forum. Has anyone heard of this bullshit before?
For the non comprehensive : Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria). I do not know what it is, if it works, if it is bullshit, if you can explain please do, if not then listen for an answer.
Why don't you know? There is a concensus on the effects of this mushroom, and you can find this by using any search engine. It's legal in lots of places because it apparently aint much fun. It's supposed to be more of a dissasociative than psychedelic. People typically cook them in their ovens to make them less nausiating, but still often report disappointment with its effects. There is quite a history on A.muscaria, from warriors eating it to go berserk and kill people with a mad look in their eyes, shamen drinking the urine of carribou that have consumed it (and apparently purified the active chemicals in the process,) to some literary references to a substance called, 'Soma, ' which may have been prepared with the fungus. Visually, this mushroom is very photogenic, as are some of its deadly relatives. In fact, it's the ubiquitous image associated with mushrooms and the Super Mario Brothers ate it to get big. I have little interest in this muhroom besides photographing it, why is it that you know so little about it if you are interested in its ingestion?
This pretty much sums it up. The effects are nothing like psilocybin mushrooms, it's more like poisoning yourself into delirium than tripping and the results can be quite terrifying. Users often forget that they have eaten the mushroom and assume that what they are experiencing is real. The reason that cooking them in the oven reduces the nausea and headache that most users report is that this converts the main active chemical (ibotenic acid) into muscimol. These mushrooms aren't for people looking for a recreational trip.
Those things are great when they're fresh, you need only eat 2 big ones for a blurry nauseous dissasociated journey that ends with a couple hours of deep coma like sleep, when you awake you will need to take a piss, collect your piss and drink it, or roll yourself into a ball like your trying to blow yourself and be direct about it. Your body filters out a lot of the nastier toxins, the journey resulting from your piss will be much cleaner of an experiance.
ive had 20g of amanitas. NOT FUN. it was ok at first. i was outside on a sunny day and the colors got so bright i couldnt really keep my eyes open. then i vomited them up, but i guess the active chemicals were already in my system because i went into a delierium state where all i could do was sit there with my eyes have open wanting to sleep. not really worth it (although im glad i expirienced it once). Also, these things are the most VILE tasting things ive ever eated. The only way i was able to eat 20g was by getting high then eating them between chips.
I never said I was interested in ingesting them, and I asked here because why the fuck not. That is why. I am not big on research but I am not too stupid to think that maybe I can chastise an asshole like you into giving me the real deal, thanks for hipping me to things. One Love
No problem! There's always an asshole like me around with nothing better to do than research this type of thing for you. Mushrooms in general are interesting to me, and I've photographed many different Amanita species. Sometimes I forget that I'm a nerd. There's another mushroom, Amanita pantherina, known in some places as a panther cap, which is said to contain much higher concentrations of muscimol. They are more brownish than the muscaria. Two more interesting points I'd like to mention: Active Amanitas are notorious for varying greatly in their potency, even in different parts of the same fruit, and among a group of fruits. Also, there are some edible Amanitas, but I've yet to try them. Apparently they're pretty tasty though, and will not make you ill or high. peace!
Sweet, sounds interesting. When I stack some paper I will be joining the Microscopy group near here. I would love to get versed in every aspect of mushies baby. Then we can really be assholes together. Divine
