• thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Apparently, that’s a fly agaric, which some sources on the internet say can be used to get you high. I still wouldn’t do it unless an actual mycologist told me that it was okay

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      23 minutes ago

      I’ve done it a few times. Colours pop, some mood change, but overall it’s weak and not worth it. I didn’t get negative effects, it’s just a crap mushroom experience if you can get ahold of psilocybin mushrooms.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      Back in the 1970s some friends and I ate some fly agaric we found in the botanic gardens, because we’d heard it got you high. The other three went on to have a fantastic time, high as kites, in a nightclub. Me? I spent hours on my knees in front of the toilet, vomiting and vomiting and vomiting. Do not recommend.

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      3 hours ago

      Not a mycologist but…

      Fry in a bit of butter. Taste is really good, i guess the muscimol is also a flavor enhancer. Cooking flashes off the other toxins. If eaten raw it will be a night on the toilet.

      Can make you nauseas even when cooked, depends on your biology in general or on a given day. High is similar to alcohol. But it’s also a sleep aid similar to ambien.

      Red cap with white specks, otherwise white. veil annulus, gilled, white sporeprint. Fruits in late summer through fall.

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      3 hours ago

      You can, but people rarely do more than once, which should be an indication of how much fun it is.

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      4 hours ago

      Amanite tue-mouche (fly killer).

      It can indeed get you high if prepared properly (something about the peeling the skin/dots? Can’t remember).

      But even if done correctly the high to sick ratio isn’t worth it I hear and it’s very easy to not prepare it properly. So I heard…