Amanita Muscaria

name:Fly Agaric

other namesFliegenpilz (german), Narren Schwamm (german), Soma (Ancient Indian), asumer, amarita (Aryan), pong, pank, pongo (Siberian), bolong gomba (Magyar)

familyAmanitaceae (bulbous plants), Agaricaceae

occurrence

Europe, Africa, Asia, America

chemistry

ibotenic acid (decarboxylated to muscimol at 170°F/76°C), muscimol (CNS hallucinogen), muscazone, muscaradin, muscarine.
Euphoria, colorful visions, possibly nausea. Afterwards often deep sleep.

preparation

one or more sun-dried or oven-dried mushrooms (start with 1/4)

history

Finno-Ugric tribes (eastern/western Siberia)

Athabascan peoples of North America
Aryan tribes 3500 years ago (old Indian Soma)

resources

Amanita muscaria
dhabolt / mv.com
Der Fliegenpilz
Wolfgang Bauer, Edzard Klapp, Alexandra Rosenbohm (2000)
Der große BLV Pilzführer für unterwegs
Ewald Gerhardt (1997)
Enzyklopädie der psychoaktiven Pflanzen: Botanik, Ethnopharmakologie und Anwendungen
Christian Rätsch (2018)
Fliegenpilz
Christian Friedrich Brunner (2007)
Microdosing with Amanita Muscaria: Creativity, Healing, and Recovery with the Sacred Mushroom
Baba Masha (2022)
Pflanzen der Götter
Richard E. Schultes, Albert Hofman (1998)
Pilze und Menschen: Gebrauch, Wirkung und Bedeutung der Pilze in der Kultur
Christian Rätsch (2010)
The Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs
Richard Alan Miller (1990)

images

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