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Amanita muscaria mushrooms

Alaska. Two small Amanita mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) growing in the brown humus of the boreal forest floor in August. The bright reddish-orange cap is covered with white spots resembling warts, and a second young mushroom is emerging at its base. Also called Fly Agaric or Fly Death, Amanitas have hallucinogenic properties and are generally considered inedible and poisonous and can be toxic in large doses. They have been widely used, however, as "magic mushrooms" and as shamanic aids during rituals as they are psychoactive, containing muscimol and ibotenic acid. Aminita muscaria grows symbiotically with spruce and birch trees.

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Alaska. Two small Amanita mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) growing in the brown humus of the boreal forest floor in August. The bright reddish-orange cap is covered with white spots resembling warts, and a second young mushroom is emerging at its base. Also called Fly Agaric or Fly Death, Amanitas have hallucinogenic properties and are generally considered inedible and poisonous and can be toxic in large doses. They have been widely used, however, as "magic mushrooms" and as shamanic aids during rituals as they are psychoactive, containing muscimol and ibotenic acid. Aminita muscaria grows symbiotically with spruce and birch trees.