ABOUT LIBERTY CAP MUSHROOM
liberty cap mushroom are so called because of the distinctive hat they wear on their weaving stalks. The bell-shaped, conical caps are barely an inch in diameter. The caps come to a pointy head and are chartreuse to brown in coloring. They have long lines that radiate down the moist caps.
The Liberty Cap mushroom is also known as a magic mushroom. The flesh of Liberty Cap mushrooms contains the psychoactive compounds of psilocybin.
There are nearly 200 varieties of psilocybin mushrooms growing in damp, grassy areas all over the world.
It is wildly abundant in forests and glens.
The Liberty Cap mushroom is a dainty and potentially deadly mushroom. The pointy-capped plant has its benefits and its risks.
The liberty cap mushrooms has a long growing season, continually sprouting from August to November.
Odour/taste |
Musty odour. Do not taste Psilocybe semilanceata because it is hallucinogenic, and some people have required hospital treatment after eating this species. |
Habitat & Ecological role |
This poisonous saprobic grassland mushroom is most often found on upland pastures, notably on hill slopes. Although sometimes seen on lawns and in lowland meadows it does not grow on dung. |
Season |
These so-called Magic Mushrooms can be found in Britain and Ireland throughout summer and autumn. |
Similar species |
Panaeolus semiovatus, the Dung Roundhead, is usually larger and does not have a pointed cap.
Panaeolina foenisecii, the Brown Mottlegill or Mower’s Mushroom, is very similar in colour but is usually larger and does not have a pointed cap. |
EFFECT OF LIBERTY CAP MUSHROOM
They contain the same psychoactive substance as Mexican and Hawaiian mushrooms. Even so liberty cap mushroom have another effect. You could compare the difference in effect as the difference between wine and beer. The beverages contain alcohol yet one becomes drunk in a different way from both. This is the result of wine or beer containing different substances which give the alcohol another effect. In the same way there is also a difference in effect if you compare liberty cap mushroom with other mushrooms containing psilocybin.
liberty cap mushrooms are considered to be very friendly mushrooms. They are also very social mushrooms. In other words when you use them you become empathic, you will chat a lot and frequently become joyful. Sometimes there are bouts of uncontrolled laughter. In general Liberty caps do not result in strong hallucinations, such as Hawaiian mushrooms can produce. However, they can lead to deeper insights.
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