Why we Got it Wrong - Fly Agaric 101: The Magical Mushroom (Amanita muscaria)

[@Caden-b7q]

My recovery journey was greatly enhanced by the therapeutic benefits of mushrooms.

[@Wyatt-w4v]

Hey mate, where can i source one?

[@JackAnthony-k8j]

doctorcyruss is your guy, got all kinds of psychedelics.

[@allanscott-s8w]

Is he on telgram?

[@JackAnthony-k8j]

Yes and tiktok, highly recommended.

[@RussellJuan-q9v]

It's amazing how they work better than antidepressants and serve as recreational purpose as well.

[@jodlen49]

Back in 1976/77 - I researched Amanita Muscaria as part of a book report on magic mushrooms for my grade 11 English class, for which I received a B+. At that time it was believed safer to consume if all the white warts were removed first. I consumed two large caps and after a few hours of no recognizable effects, went to bed, only to wake up the next morning with the memory of having the most vivid and enlightening dreams... Psilocybin on the other hand was at times an 8 hour high and could be a scary adventure for the timid, on the other hand, an incredibly insightful journey to getting to know one's self, inside and out. I was young and reckless and still walked away with some useful insight. Corporate society does not want brave, pioneering, adventuresome, healthy citizens - they want citizens that depend on pharmaceuticals and anything else they can sell you to convince you everything is good as long as you play by their rules...

[@spleafplayzyt8078]

Couldn’t have said it better my man, well said I completely agree!

[@perplexedpapa]

Class of '78! Me too! We were "reckless" at times, and I did suffer one very bad trip when another high friend snuck past our 2 sobers and spiked our drinks with some acid. They found 14, mostly desolved, mesc tabs in my drink. I had drank mine down with a swirl, it was rum & coke. Everyone else had 2 - 4 in theirs. All I could think was, "oh, this may be fun." About an hour later, while watching some waves crash against a wall, I kinda got swept up into their crashing pattern, and slammed myself backwards into one of the trailers that we all had rented for the weekend. Then I continued to do it until they tackled me. They forgot the "Only sobers help." Because sometimes you're not helping when you think that you are. I spent the next few hours in the dark, mostly, sinking into the bed they put me in, before I could continue the party. I think it changed my brain for the better. I could grasp ideas faster. Turn ideas into physical things. Machines, Art, and Stories is where I excelled in my life. After the Navy, I was an engineering mgr. for a major tire & rubber maker for 30 yrs. I made a lot of money with my "different" mind. Now, I'm retired and get to focus on tinkering, creating, and teaching my 12 grandchildren. I do teach them to avoid these for now, but I do teach them to is the ones that we find in my woods and elsewhere. I was a Scout Master for the boy Scouts, before they lost their minds. I was never religious, and it started to become a thing that I was judged for. 30+ years later and half of those boys have families and visit me regularly. Some, as much as my children. They are here to help my son or I with anything that I may need done. All but one left the scouts when I did, he's parents were the cub leaders. I taught those kids a lot about nature. The respect that they have still shows to this day. Well, that train took a different track. 😆 Class of '78!

[@MrBazz420]

B+ huhuh

[@N0tC00lMan]

@@perplexedpapa Dope story!

[@tgraham72]

Thanks for contributing this voice!

[@ParkBills]

Mushrooms did wonders in my life. I was diagnosed with cptsd since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting cptsd. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with similar health challenges.

[@KimMorgan-d9y]

I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.

[@hannanora9507]

Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏🏻

[@laiajune6692]

YES very sure of mycologist benmycologys. This treatment worked for me. Helped me got rid of my life long depression and BPD.

[@teresamartim6173]

Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.

[@CollisionScott]

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

[@anitaparks8945]

My grandmother passed on the areas in the woods where mushrooms grow to my mom who passed them on to us....my brother still remembered them and picked tons of EDIBLE mushrooms. Born and raised in Germany, many very delicious mushrooms grow there.

[@cruxer666]

I am from Poland and we do pick a lot of mushrooms too. Watching this made me understand why the mushrooms are cooked first and then marinated in vinegar with spices and onion. To convert bad chemicals, interesting.

[@TARASMOL]

I collect and dry amanita. I have a lot of amanita at low prices. if you need amanita, contact me. I supply for several stores in the US and Canada

[@aleksandrakowalczyk6043]

My mother cooks them

[@Onefractalsparkofcreation]

​@@aleksandrakowalczyk6043thanks grams I was in the boxtle to a Netherlands in 2015 me and my aunt took a walk in the woods and we found a couple They're beautiful

[@damiandiazromero5670]

A couple years ago I tried amanita and it was an unbelievable experience. I felt extremely high levels of energy as never before. I read that North American Indians used them in the winter to receive their energy and were able to walk in the deep snow during long distance thanks to the amanitas.

[@МухоморНеЯд]

In Russia when they was walked from village to village they took Amanita and u never tired not only psychically but even mentally, they called it a teleport.

[@barbarabaumgartner1972]

How did you take it?

[@samiramohammed8948]

@@barbarabaumgartner1972 You should cut the fresh Amanita and cover it in sugar. Stir it up every day. The sugar will become syrup after a few weeks. You can consume the syrup.

[@Taudlitz]

yeah, you can take metamphetamin, but this is cheaper.

[@23Butanedione]

@@Taudlitz do you mean methamphetamine???

[@daryljohnson3626]

Can’t believe I just stumbled across one of these special little mushrooms while camping, I had no idea what it was I just admired it and left it where it grew

[@dmacbta]

As a new student of Horticulture and Greenhouse Operations, the hardest thing for me is memorization and remembering names and facts about fungi and plants. This video has been entertaining and easy to understand. Great job!

[@UncannyLiving]

Yeah im trying to as well, sooo many! But amanita is one I'm starting to get the hang of

[@dmacbta]

@@UncannyLiving heck yeah. Super interesting in terms of fungi. I'm not really into mycology but this one caught my interest

[@mtnsurf1932]

When a society is based on fear, a lot of knowledge that should’ve been passed down gets skewed or lost completely.

[@Magic-hi3tq]

Knowledge not lost but occulted so only " chosen ones" can know it and control the rest of population.

[@bremlquan]

@@Magic-hi3tq are you disagreeing?

[@dannyfrog]

Like the false premise of weed being a bad drug.

[@cherias.4069]

@@fallingdownthestairsallday6008 you point out pertinent facts👌👁

[@fredriks5090]

@@bremlquan Specification and disagreement are two different things.

[@awakeinsleep3769]

I did amanita about a month ago. I'm in Australia, it's an introduced species. They were popping up early in the pines. I did the drying and lemon technique and enjoyed with a friend in the Autumn sunshine. It was so calming and comforting. Would recommend.

[@Zepster77]

More vagueness…..no mention of dosage…. Vague vague vague

[@LouisPhilip9]

@@Zepster77 Dumbed down sheeple want to be spoon fed everything because they have no wisdom critical thinking skills or common sense !

[@Zepster77]

@@LouisPhilip9 tried it never liked it, tired of the fairy tales

[@briansparks6801]

What's the lemon technique

[@briansparks6801]

@@Zepster77 it has a twin the death cap you have to boil then for ten min and put them in another pot of boiling water for ten minutes and then the last pot put vinager boil ten minutes then fry in olive oil

[@sazji]

In terms of ID, I’d also mention the related A. pantherina and A. pantherinoides. Both are sometimes confused with muscaria, and while neither contain amatoxins, they have a lot more ibotenic acid and especially when eaten raw can mess you up quite a bit more than muscaria.

[@UntamedScience]

Very true. I hope people don't start eating them without knowing at least how to identify the mushroom first. I'll make sure the mention that in the next one and emphasize more the importance of identification.

[@sazji]

@@UntamedScience You already make clear that just because it won’t have you shopping for a new liver, people shouldn’t just randomly consume them. I only mention it because I had an old housemate who gobbled down some pantherina thinking he was going to “get blasted” on muscaria. He was fine, but it wasn’t pretty. 😬

[@GM-jj4su]

Maybe that's what happened to me because I got the ones I ate from someone else. Not a fun experience.

[@chadkline4268]

The panther types are brown or dark tan. I think ibotenic acid becomes muscimol in the stomach (30 years old memory of research).

[@philipthomas3938]

Other posts here say the very similar looking panther caps will destroy your liver etc...so BE VERY CAREFUL who and what you believe

[@chrismallette6233]

Fantastic video!! Thank you for taking the time to share this with the world. Education is the light that will bring us out of the darkness of fear and misunderstanding natures gifts.

[@UntamedScience]

Well said. Also, thank you!

[@Theloss52]

Excellent video, you got it all spot on . So glad people are growing an interest in this

[@user-tsz1dchgr]

Hi. Fly agaric is very popular in Russia now. Every city has mushroomers, sellers and a consumer community. During the season there are festivals. I met this mushroom in 2018

[@МухоморНеЯд]

In those temps it will become illegal soon.. big pharma never sleeps

[@МухоморНеЯд]

@Grim FPV same with the Slavic culture. Funny fact that cocaine and heroin 60 years ago was considered as a medicine, but fly agaric is poison *facepalm*

[@AlexKono999]

@Grim FPV i have also tried almost every drug, except the hardest ones. Amanita is my favorite, its the one that helped me to find what i was looking when i was looking into drugs. Currently im not using anything, maybe some amanita microdosing like few weeks in a year.

[@МухоморНеЯд]

@@AlexKono999 because amanita made you to stop using shit, and helped you to find other answers for your life! Yes!

[@AlexKono999]

@@МухоморНеЯд Yes, Amanita is a sacred mushroom. I hope everyone tries at least few weeks of microdosing.

[@andiflanagan125]

I am a natural born Alaskan and spent my first 11 years in my birthplace, Juneau, when we were still a territory. My Dad often took us schrooming and always for the great Shaggy Mane. As a wanderer, I was always in the woods exploring. One time while riding my bike, I saw thru some thicket a most Perfect Amanita I had ever come across. It was huge and beautiful and untouched by bugs yet. I couldn't stop myself as I plunged my skinny kid fingers into the very center of the cap and pulled out a pinky nail sized piece. I ate it. Me and my bike flew. Wasn't far, but we flew over that thick mass of sticks and twigs that made up that thicket. A place I couldn't ride my bike thru. Fast forward to now, and at age 68 I still remember and can recreate that wonderous flight in my head. I KNEW then and I KNOW now, I flew on my bike.

[@UntamedScience]

That’s a know amazing story

[@hungrydad7537]

Yeah you were flying High🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@memyselfandlewii8781]

Your story cracked me up, thanks 😊

[@karlsumner2891]

My friend. I’m 51. Me and my twin brother both have memories at the age of around 4 or 5. We could float down the house stairs. We would jump and float to the bottom. Was lovely and strange we talk about it now and again. We were free of everything at that age. We are a lot stronger than we know we are my friend. Some thing is stopping the strong human 🙏

[@johnhurd3257]

Lol.

[@M3rVsT4H]

I've got a pine forest in Australia, and it has Fly Agaric. Which is interesting as it's not native to these shores. Apparently it's been unintentionally introduced as a symbiont. But like many, I was raised to just never eat wild fungus, and particularly to avoid "the colourful ones". Which my forest is full of. I have friends who can confidently identify "safe" field mushrooms. But I'm just not into the flavor enough to pursue that knowledge. And my MM experimentation as a young bloke wasn't great. So for me, they're just pretty additions to the forest floor, that I take photos of and occasionally give a little gentle tap to ensure spore dispersal before some passing wallaby squishes it.

[@snowboardingraptor7005]

About 5 years ago i chopped and then dried a load of these in a warm oven for about a hour or more. Nice and slow. I then had them in a mushroom tea/soup. It tasted o.k. I gave me a chilled out buzz and I did go to sleep on them. I had a few interesting dream but nothing too wild. I tried to get the dose right several times. My best advice is the bigger you are the more you take. Now I've seen this upload I'm off on a little walk tomorrow for some pickings.....👌

[@christianworton2915]

Eat 3 big ones fresh it's what I do ,Clive youca bad belly but bumba third eye unlocked

[@1991enduro]

@@christianworton2915 eat em fresh they r poisonous

[@christianworton2915]

@@1991enduro they're not bro I've eaten them fresh , if you eat 15 big ones you're going to likely die in a week but 3 big ones and boom you're there

[@1991enduro]

@@christianworton2915 really lol ?? I want to try then think il dry them out first over 8 weeks

[@Wearespurstv]

Funny I ate a ton and FELT NOTHING you must be a boyscout. I really don't understand all these people reporting minor psilocybin effects. I felt zilch. The headshops shouldn't be allowed to sell it it's a absolute sham. I've tripped off psilocybin this mushroom did nothing. As much of a joke as morning glory LSA is.

[@rusty-ole-boomstick1268]

I lived in the northwest in the early 80's for awhile and camped in the Wenatchee Forest on the moist ground during mushroom season, I would wake up early in the morning as the sun was barely peeking, amanita's would push through the soil like zombies hands, it was amazing. Elk and deer would gather and eat them, just being in the middle of this experience was like a hallucinogenic trip yet I never was high on drugs just the experience that I was experiencing seemed like a dream.

[@StarPowder777]

If you did alcohol or coffee that's drugs just normalized

[@rusty-ole-boomstick1268]

@@StarPowder777 Yeah I didn't use any of that, I was full of piss n vinager as we use to say, no stimulant needed.

[@hurstshiftin9873]

I felt that story great connection to life.

[@Cris.Arce-ru4eq]

Don't forget to respect the mushrooms, Golden teachers basically, they have some very powerful potential. It can show you what you need to see within yourself and in the world around you, changed my life for good. In the most positive way possible.

[@miguelscheroff5827]

Everybody is struggling with mental health and could benefit from careful therapeutic use of substances like these. Wanna try, but keep being told I can't do it alone for the first time.

[@AndrewBausher7054]

I do respect and believe in psychedelics as treatment, yet I’m reluctant about using them personally. Not sure about how “good” it may do to someone

[@Carlos_Rivero3480]

Since I tired psychedelics for the first time, I’ve been trying to describe the experience to others so there can try it as well, but i couldn’t find the right words to describe it.

[@JohnD.Brinich]

Yes

[@Henryflores-mn6yu]

I recently tried this, and it changed my life. I’m a better father , husband, and overall better Person. It changed my life

[@PhillGraaf]

Wow… so interesting, this cleared up a lot of misconceptions which I was told indeed. Great video once again.

[@UntamedScience]

What misconception did you have?

[@PhillGraaf]

@@UntamedScience well, the biggest being, that they are absolutely inedible and poison you.

[@playful_dolphin]

I've tried amanita tincture before bed. The effects were a subtle euphoria almost like being drunk. Then I fell into the deepest sleep of my life and had the most insane out of this world dreams I've ever experienced. I don't know how to describe them except they felt alien. I had a really hard time waking up. I remember it was like my consciousness was hovering over me and watching my body as it slept and I had to force myself back in to wake up. Really weird experience but not unpleasant it works as a sleep aid.

[@Zepster77]

Great story, but no follow-up? Did you ever use it again? Etc etc etc

[@pobachityvse]

How much did you take ?)

[@juhgfdsapiyhhnnxc3517]

Bitch that sound scary asf 😂

[@moocow2394]

Sounds like just another bad lucid dream to me. Which is already random but common enough to be meh. What’s the worst that could happen ahha.

[@manuelferreira4345]

And I always thought I lost use of my legs and pissed myself now I'm thinking i was sleeping

[@Dylan-vo6rb]

Great job on making this video! You actually gave the audience real genuine information on about how to safely prepare and consume these mushrooms. No misinformation just straight facts.

[@gitsurfer27]

There's a very small forest area in the UK where i used to live, maybe 40 trees, i walked through once and it was filled with 100's and 100's of these at all different sizes and colour intensities, it was so magical! I didn't know they grew in groups like that.

[@johnhurd3257]

They're called Fairy rings.:)

[@popcornsquid8304]

Where is that forest? I live near Windsor 🙂

[@nyakwarObat]

Location of forest please?!?

[@nyakwarObat]

@Ibérico Ser de la Naturaleza in English please?..

[@PaulTheHermit77]

Great Coomly wood. Isle of Wight. Far south bit nearest Robin Hill. Hundreds. I filled a back pack. Or could of it was legal...

[@cjod33]

These mushrooms are everywhere around where I used to live in Australia. They grow in the streets,parks, school yards n pine Forrests . Never tried them thinking they were extremely dangerous.

[@Wildweib]

Well, now you definitely know better, don't you? :-)

[@3OHT.]

Ibotenic acid, the "bad" chemical he talks about is a neurotoxin.

[@katherinewells3099]

Thanks!

[@reubenbishop]

as a kid i was brought up being told that they are incredibly poisonous and will kill you if they are eaten, thanks for expanding my knowledge :) also can i get info on doses and the effects each level of doses bring?

[@UntamedScience]

Might be hard on KZbin. Amanita dreamer has that stuff though.

[@Seer-Of-Lies_Giver-Of-Mutiny]

Start with one dried cap and go up from there.

[@Wearespurstv]

It does nothing. I've eaten more than the recommended amount. Don't listen to all the over dramatic boy scouts.

[@UntamedScience]

@@Wearespurstv - do you happen to use cannabis? If so you won’t get the same effect.

[@Seer-Of-Lies_Giver-Of-Mutiny]

@@Wearespurstv you either don't know what you ate, or you're lying.

[@glenbrady1417]

Im from New Zealand & every year rite around my birthday they spore. Always under pine or birch trees just like i learned in this video. They,ve always held a great deal of interest to me. Ive learned more about them from this video than ive known before. Great education thanks.

[@naytch2003]

Well I'm from New Zealand too dontcha know 😁

[@davidsummerville351]

Been micro dosing Amanita gummies for 2 and half weeks and see a window of opportunity for personal growth. Just subscribed. Great info, thanks.

[@junicornplays980]

What's the brand of gummies?

[@cupcakeourlord]

A little late, but he careful micrososing. Macrodosing is fine, but micrososing suits addictive potential. Muscimol (main ingredient for the high) is weird. In low doses it binds to the same dopamine receptors as Benzos, giving a potential for addiction, but in high doses it inhibits those same receptors. Honestly the best way to go is a minimal psychoactive dose. Like maybe 2.5 to 5mg worth of muscimol

[@antonlilge2783]

Absolutely fascinating topic! Thanks so much for sharing 🍄

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

I have had a few previous experiences, both good and bad with this shroom many years ago. Decided to revisit as and adult. I did a few trials with a. Muscaria this autumn. Tried some I picked 2 years ago and the ones I picked this year. Both was dried at about 80c° started at 1g and worked my way up to 7g of the 2year and 5g of this year's pickings, each batch by themselves. Dosed once a week, tried both mornings and before bedtime. It sure is active, kind of like benzodiasepines but without muscle relaxation. I experienced something comparable to stimulating effects at low doses ingested before breakfast, however higher doses had a sedative effect. It is a interesting thing for sure. However, my research is done for now, I want to know more about the potential of a. Muscarias absorption of heavy metals before I ingest this frequently. -again, very interesting stuff if approached properly..

[@aluminumbeluga]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@Wearespurstv]

I ate more than the recommended dosage and felt ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you fell victim to placebo. I really don't get all these people who report a buzz. Did jack sh@t

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

@@Wearespurstv definitely not placebo... Maby you had weak shrooms, to high drying temperature? Give it a go again, they do work if you get it right.

[@chadkline4268]

There is not a problem with metals in a forest. Metals sink deep into the ground from the rains. Or they remain in rocks. Amanita has a symbiotic relationship with Spruce and Birch (presumably, they eat old roots so there is room for new roots), so there is a lot of filtering before amanita caps are formed. Unless you live next to an arsenic or lead factory or something.

[@chadkline4268]

@@Wearespurstv sometimes that happens the first 1-2x. Try again. 6 big red fresh ones.

[@timmyskidoo2253]

Great video. I'm already in love with Amanita Muscaria var. Guessowii. The information had an amazing presentation.

[@BCFalls1]

with all the rain the last half of the season, I had the biggest growth of them yet and each grouping was totally different than the previous grouping, some were more yellow with red centers, some were very orange and huge and some very red in my old growth forest in central Ontario, Canada,

[@carltonparfitt8177]

I've been watching lots of videos about this great shroom. This is the best so far.

[@SGT_Fon]

Your spot on about fear of mushrooms. The only thing I will pick are the giant puffballs that end up growing in the cow pasture. There was a story in the 1970s about mama mastroni who ended up poisoning her whole family after picking mushrooms and using a silver coin to determine if they were poisonous. They were. From that point on, I tend to be cautious when it comes to foraging food. I wish there were more people to show us how to do it. I love me some mushrooms, the eating kind at least

[@finnmacky7106]

This is how Santa's reindeer fly!

[@richardchambers3533]

@ Finn Macky- the magic dust man. They flew all the way around the world man!!

[@brianferry4592]

Same

[@daftnord4957]

Rudolph. The red nosed reindeer

[@sheeeitmayn4384]

That story theory isn't proven true it was speculated by some guy that also claimed the entire catholic religion was centered on A.muscaria.

[@harrymills2770]

@@daftnord4957 Yes. This explains a lot. Now we know why Rudolph's nose is red.

[@ViiSioNN]

i would love to see more videos about magic mushroom!! you are great content maker, thank you.

[@8triagrammer]

There's a decent argument that many elements of our Christmas customs were based on this mushroom - the colors, and that they used to be put in a stocking and hung over the fireplace as a way to dry them out faster, just to name a couple things..

[@Ossian-dr1vr]

not really, christmas in its current version like you are describing is very recent

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@Ossian-dr1vr Its identical to north European Christmas traditions.

[@Ossian-dr1vr]

​@@ReasonAboveEverything stockings over the fire place it not very common i northern european christmas tradition as far as I know. And i'm pretty sure that the current iteration of santa claus with the red colour simply comes from a coca cola commerstial.

[@alexanderthegreatwasstraight]

​@@Ossian-dr1vr instead of just saying not really and trying to shut the op down why don't you first research what you think you disagree with? It's amazing how people believe they have a strong enough opinion to tell somebody else they're wrong about something they themselves have no or limited knowledge on www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/flyagaric.shtml

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Christmas comes from pagans. Santa Claus is just an anti-christ symbol because it's pagan vs Christianity. Giving people gifts, hiding his identity, his name is similar to Satan, rides a sleigh (sounds like slay), makes others work for him. The dude was designed to appear evil. But people don't think he's evil anymore I guess due to the rise of capitalism which makes people love gifts. I highly doubt any of this has anything to do with Magic mushrooms

[@gcxred4kat9]

They're EVERYWHERE in NB Canada! The leopard amanitas as well. Keep meaning to try them but haven't gotten around to it yet. Was a phenominal year for chanterelles.

[@mrhead5823]

Bay of fundy baby

[@deandeann1541]

Yum - a plateful of chanterelles. It's been a while since I've had some. Young giant puffball is good - so is chicken of the woods.

[@sammolive1130]

This was really nice; the common story I heard (I’m Swedish) is that it attracts flies and is toxic. Very interesting to learn the other side

[@ryanwooden783]

SUBCRIBED!! Awesome video and information. I'll definitely be checking out your other videos. That Scandinavian forest was breathtaking!!

[@tyriliusmc9798]

Thank you for your hard work. Your content is soothing and informative.

[@canadianpanda1174]

You got to get out to Southeast Asia and do some videos. Such underrated content my mans

[@UntamedScience]

Agreed.

[@KatAtomic77]

These mushies grow outside my house in suburbia (Melbourne Australia). Not every year though! I'd get one or three of them some years, other years there wouldn't be any, like this year. Last year however we had a bumper fairy circle of 13! It's our birch tree that they are in partnership with 🥰 Thank you for this informative video - I may actually harvest them when they next sprout!

[@JL-cn6nh]

Note to self , plant birch. Lots of Birch

[@lesliefulton9219]

I found out about it from a great grand father, I have a bit of a viking heritage and its considered Odins (Wodan's) mushroom. I got told the whole "christmas" story about it when i was about 12, how the coke a cola company stole the likeness (originally santa was in green, not red and white) and re branded him. How the red caps were dried in ever green trees (xmas tree decorations) and that the original celebration was basically a 3 or more day bender for the whole village in winter time. - the true story of xmas, a religious holiday stolen by another religion basically. So first time I tried them, I found a grove, I basically "felt" them in that direction, and harvested and ate raw, swallowing whole the small ones with water. Took about an hour they kicked in, I couldn't actually talk for about half a day, my voice just stopped working. My friend ran the car off the road into a ditch, and here is where things get weird. I actually managed to push the vehicle (which the driver was pretty sure we were going to need a tow to get out of the ditch ) out. At the time i was feeling overly strong - and I suspect this is the "Bazerker effect" I heard about afterwards that some people have spoken about. next day I ached all over like i had done a massive gym work out. I haven't had them for many years (mostly because I haven't found any) but I do know they are around locally. I am going to have to go for a walk come the next season and see if i can find some.

[@lordnarayana6888]

Awesome story! please be careful though. They can be fatal when eaten raw. Even dried isn't optimal, it destroys a great deal of the ibotenic acid and barely increases the muscimol. There's a technique to simmer raw at about 2.7ph(citric acid powder correctly calculated/measured) for 2.5 hours to convert all of the ibotenic acid into muscimol. 10 times stronger then dried and zero nausea, brain, or liver damage.

[@usernamehere2124]

These were the first mushrooms that I tried. I ate 4 grams of them with orange juice. My friends and I ate them in the morning. I spent the entire day swimming through a black void. I saw neon shapes in the void that called out to me. When I swam through the shapes, I would hear philosophic teachings and what felt like really, old wisdom. It was incredibly peaceful. I came to, to realize that I had my face buried in the couch for the last 16 hours.

[@owfan4134]

This is great lmao

[@SpaceRanger187]

4 grams the first time.. I guess if your gonng go, go big

[@adambane1719]

Bro, keep away from the orange juice

[@juhgfdsapiyhhnnxc3517]

@@SpaceRanger187that’s crazy but I want to do 3 lol

[@Ben-vl6gi]

Where they just dried and then digested

[@gryaznygreeb]

In addition to mushrooms giving nutrients to the plant, they also absorb any heavy metals or other toxins before the tree does, acting like a filter for the tree. And fungi also give off co2 from respiration with oxygen like us, which trees of course use to respirate and give off oxygen in turn. A mutually beneficial cycle

[@meanderingyogi6562]

Thanks great info… looking forward to seeing your other videos on them, we recently bought a little over 100 acre place in Maine that’s literally covered with them along the 20 acre field at the edge of the pines…

[@UntamedScience]

Incredible

[@kevinmuller7762]

Wow, impressive sceneries paired with amazing infos! Subscribed

[@GaiaCarney]

Cool video 🍄 Thanks for sharing, StoneAgeMan! I see these when hiking the Oregon Coast . . . they often have a little nibble taken out of them 🐌

[@philmontana3517]

Check out 🍄

[@philmontana3517]

Dmtdoctor1

[@cleoharper1842]

This was great, thank you! I love your mushroom videos.

[@pigritia5688]

I think we can agree the most important question is, where can I purchase an amanita goblet like the one at 6:42?! It’s so cool!!

[@lehoff]

Loved this. So interesting. Never realised there was so much information around just a mushroom! Also never he was rs fungi pronounced the way you do! 🙂

[@DanielHickey-j2l]

Psilocybin mushrooms have augmented my feeling of what life is really all about, changed my perspective of living to a whole different level, seeing the beauty of nature in its abundance whilst also making me aware of what surrounds me and it's importance.

[@GiminezGarcia]

I've been looking to try some recently but I can't find anywhere to get them, anyone?

[@CarlRudi]

dr.cotler#

[@ToniOsterhage]

Is on Instgram?

[@CarlRudi]

yesss dr.cotler#

[@SophiaGreen-kh6or]

The fun of exploring other realms within nature and the mind

[@niq872]

wow i always loved how fast mushrooms appear i like to go hiking and biking alot and love going after it rains breathing the fresh air and seeing al of the color mushrooms that grow

[@mountainmover777]

I found a book when I was younger called Soma the divine tree of immortality, written by R. Gordon Wasson. There were transcripts of a guy that studied the Asian nomads way back in the centuries, and the whole pee drinking thing was detailed. Apparently it was how the lesser privileged were able to participate in the "festivities". It also talked about things like perceiving small cracks as giant chasms, and tiny pools of water as vast seas. Also, interacting with mushroom sprites and sleeping for a very long time afterwards.

[@UntamedScience]

That’s a great book!

[@hijeans1103]

Fun read

[@psycronizer]

I had a similar experience on Daytura (do NOT bother, it aint worth it) when I was sitting on a stool, looking down at my feet it seemed like a thousand foot drop

[@Virakotxa]

@@psycronizer When I was way too much of a explorer myself I took a Datura pod, made a cut with my nail, and smelled deeply... My sight went immediately blind (pure black) for like two seconds, and went back... I decided then it was likely not worth the hassle! Good fun dreaming on muscaria, tho...

[@psycronizer]

@@Virakotxa yeah, well, me and a friend decided we'd eat two flowers each, in a sandwich, which tasted fucking gross, and an hour later we both knew we had fucked up, I left the bar and decided I had to get home, that was a 20 km motorbike ride. I got about halfway and vomited in my helmet while riding, crashed the bike into a fence post by the garage when I finally got home, I was boarding with a family then, and I didn't tell them what was wrong with me, just said I was really tired, spilled a cup of coffee all over the table, apologized and decided to go to bed, at like 2 in the afternoon-saw some truly horrible things as I closed my eyes, in particular a large black man who's face kept coming at me, horrible. We ate the red flowers because a guy told us they were better than the white ones lol, later on he told us about two guys they met down a back road who had done it, and one of them vomited all over his car and then proceeded to pick the flower bits out of the vomit and eat them again !. That car was a pinkish red spray bomb painted Ford Anglia with the roof cut off and a V4 motor held in without engine bolts but number 8 fence wire, the guy who drove was James, James had the unfortunate pleasure of being tied to a clothes line and raped by some freak when he was nine, in class he always rocked backwards and forwards non stop, never knew anything about that until he told us one night while smoking weed and drinking...

[@kimsherlock8969]

In New Zealand as a child my Dad knew how to find huge Horse Mushrooms. He told me they grew around the roots of a native pine trees. I just remembered this from your interesting article.

[@naytch2003]

I heard in Rotovegas In the Redwood Forest...there grows magic mushrooms..they say 🍄

[@kevinwolf6623]

You captured some really beautiful shots.

[@stevenunua2118]

I have had many mushroom trips and they were ALLL wonderful.

[@Drewski_ZA]

.... Quick q, are you a Hodge twin fan?

[@KilSmiley]

I wish I would have seen this video a couple months ago. In Early October I found easily well over 100 of these growing in a property scattered with pine trees of various kinds. After picking a couple bushels worth I looked online for what kind they were. From all my first searches all I kept finding were horror stories and claims that it was extremely deadly. Now all I can do is hope they come back next year and keep my eyes out for them as well as the knowledge this video supplied me we. Thanks so much for that.

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

Please do not pick so many. It may well prevent them from regrowing at all.

[@KilSmiley]

@@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter I hope you are right. I only picked maybe 10% of what I saw growing. 😁🥰

[@CowboyJimRob]

@@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter you are not picking the organism, the mycelium is like a root system or a neural network

[@tracydr01]

I have the amanita muscara all over my mixed hardwood/pine forest in NC. I’ve always been afraid of it but I might give a tiny bit a try. I forage for edible and medicinal mushrooms but have never taken psychedelics of any kind.

[@augustsbautra]

No trouble finding Fly Agaric in Latvia's forests (of which there are many). Though I was told by my grandparents at a young age that amanitas are poisonous. Locals never pick them.

[@dygvssfdrgbxa8024]

Same in Sweden they said you would puke and die of liver failure or dehydration.

[@assajventress3204]

If ancient cultures and locals say its poisonous, then its poisonous. I wouldnt go trusting pseudoscientific garbage on youtube.

[@infinidominion]

They didn't have full knowledge of which were which and wanted you to not accidentally die

[@ANDROLOMA]

Unlike Psilocybe cubensis, A. muscaria cannot be commercially cultivated, due to its mycorrhizal relationship with the roots of pine trees.

[@liamtodd2931]

Pine bonsai?

[@corinneskitchen]

Safe from capitalism!

[@PaulTheHermit77]

And birch

[@binxy2900]

​@@corinneskitchen sadly not, a company just started making chocolate bars for it at $40 a bar😭

[@isthatyoursomnomnom]

**eats an Amanita gummie** Interesting... 🤔

[@bluequirk5384]

I learn something new everytime I watch and listen to you. Thank you , from the rain forest of British Columbia .

[@charisjames1760]

Nature at its best

[@rachaelrick4802]

Hmmmm

[@jameznm]

Fascinating mate. I'd rather watch real things like this on KZbin than the brain deadening garbage on TV thanks guys.

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

100%, what I find so sad is that if you go to the explore page and these are the top videos been watched ..its all crap, all of it...the sad part is that people are watching these videos by the millions...clearly a very large difference in people, those who want to feed on garbage and those who want to feed on knowledge.

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

​@@bobrobertsNotUrBobit is a big difference. And that big difference is why democracy sucks. All the dumb garbage consumers get to vote and make decisions and essentially control the free-thinking intelligent people. They say nothing is better than democracy. Lol such propaganda Just wait until all the smart people are dead for various reasons all because of democracy

[@40nights40daystv]

I remember picking these from a tree we had at my high school and bringing them home. My parents got super pissed and grounded me because they thought I was going to eat them, I didn’t even know they were intoxicating until doing research about them. I just thought that they looked cool.

[@MessyTimes]

Well done general introduction to a complex and wide-ranging topic.

[@mininara6471]

God i fucken *love* fly agaric, theyre my favorite mushroom by far, as well as my favorite living thing, ever. Very very very few things make me as happy as sighting an adorable little fly agaric in the wild, I spend entire days just searching for the things.

[@dib6499]

Same and its sooo nice when you find them after a Long walk

[@samus598]

Absolutely. This past summer I was walking in a pine/spruce forest along a lake and came across this bright yellow neon amanita (I think it was a fly agaric, but it was much more yellow than other ones I've found which were more orange) and I sat there and danced and sang it a song. It was such a beautiful mushroom. So big and bright, they practically put flowers to shame with their large colorful caps. Felt like finding buried treasure.

[@nelliesfarm8473]

How do you take it ?

[@Adam-qz3wh]

​@@nelliesfarm8473 chicken mushroom soup. ✌️ You can leave the chicken out, due to the volume you have to consume... It's a meal! But garlic and chives are my mains for ANY mushroom. Whatever you're preference.

[@yahdood6015]

My Super Mario theory has always been that the worlds he explores are actually much smaller than he is in reality. And when he eats the mushrooms, he gets a glimpse into reality, and all his obstacles are given their true perspective, making it easier for him to navigate life.

[@chefmarcos]

Brilliant. I agree

[@LexyLexer]

That's fucking stupid

[@Levguy140]

Wow that is very relevant 😮

[@hansa9159]

Sounds like the 3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

[@alexeyosuna195]

Even less known and talked about is the Panther cap (amanita pantherina) I had the privilege of trying this mushroom while living on the PNW, in a very remote area, the closest town was Happy Camp (which honestly looked like anything but happy lol).. Anyways, this was my early days into studying mushroom but already knew about it. What I didn’t know is how potent and incredibly journey was about to experience: after drying it, took about 3 grams. Which it doesn’t really means anything since, like with many mushrooms, the compounds content varies so much from different specimens. Btw, If anyone is experimenting with this please consult with an expert about identification. Some extra details as striated edges on the cap, the brown color and white specks (not always necessary present) are some of the characteristics I used for identification. But like any mushrooms hunter knows, once you know a mushroom, it’s very unlikely to misidentify it. But if you don’t. Like he was saying be really careful because many other amanitas are very deadly. Anyways, I have experimented with A. Muscaria, but there’s nothing in this planet (that i know of), as weird and potent as a Panther Cap. I could not express in words the experience I had, and mostly, don’t want nor trying to glorify nor encourage people to try this mushroom since it is as potent as unpredictable, also i experienced some twitching in my arm.. if anybody else has experience with this mushroom would love to hear about it. Bless up! Be safe!

[@carsonelias4594]

I've heard a lot of tripping stories, and they are very exciting,I would love to try magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some, Is there any realiable source I can purchase from??

[@zarkos2313]

Yeah, I got mine from bergwilly1

[@zarkos2313]

On Insta

[@mirabelwatson7863]

I have heard about him. Is he really legit?

[@JamesTaylor-ff4dp]

@@mirabelwatson7863 came across the comments about bergwilly1 and I must say he is a genius.

[@jorgparker2463]

Does he ship to Canada?

[@notasian7620]

Crazy how these form a relationship with nearby trees, but then I find them in parking lot dividers in the middle of nowhere 🤣

[@rossjohnson1872]

1982 not far west of Mt. Evans in Colorado. Found amanitas and the stems of most were riddled with burrowing maggots. Fly agaric is a nursery for flies.

[@nononsense3528]

Yep, a small group of friends and I took some of these about 30 odd years ago, very relaxing. We used to go mushroom picking often during the autumn, the little “witches hat” ones were our go to preference and we’d boil up many hundreds in a big pan and be absolutely spaced out for hours on end…….good times 😀

[@martinburn]

Lol, same era same good times

[@TheHuntForSupper]

Let's unlock that pituitary gland.

[@SuperRayW]

Holy crap! The yellow variety grows right outside my house, but my research led to a dead end; no one seemed to have more than "it's not know to kill, but also not know for being "magic". I did, however, dry out 1 massive cap, just in case...

[@UntamedScience]

Amanitadreamer has good info on prep if you're curious. We're doing a LIVE session on Monday on my patreon as well talking about all that. :)

[@BobMinelli]

EXCELLENT CONVERSATION to have indeed. THANK YOU! 🍄

[@barbryll8596]

Back in the early eighties as teenagers we would go pick what we called " liberty caps" in the parks or even in the graveyards and munch em down. Nice hallucinogenic buzz and no upset stomach. And FREE too 🙂

[@JeremyS86]

those are psilocybin like regular magic mushrooms. they're quite potent though. these mushrooms are not psilocybin, and are pretty dangerous.

[@theoplunkett5262]

Excellent video, so informative. Applied knowledge is power

[@aleje5761]

Great way of explaining why it was safer to drink in milk. Thank you.

[@jaroslavpesek6642]

Two years ago there were thousands of these mushrooms in the forest where i live. In some parts it was red head carpet.

[@UntamedScience]

No way. Roughly where was that?

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@@UntamedScience you do know the first rule of mushroom 🍄 club? Right?

[@dmt369]

@@UntamedScience It's true! Seen the "red head carpet" myself in S.Africa.

[@fleeb]

I recall reading about this when I took an interest in mycology in my college years. Supposedly, the species in North America tend towards a yellow rather than a red cap. Never tried this mushroom myself... preferring to err on the side of caution when I encounter a mushroom that I don't know very well.

[@UntamedScience]

That's true of the ones on the east coast. Exactly. I think you're right as well. Might be best to avoid the yellow ones. ;)

[@alisonlilly7820]

Been there n done that..it opened my 3rd eye.a mind blowing psychedelic experience I wouldn't of wanted2 miss out on.....but I wouldn't take any these days..too crazy times.

[@niklar55]

I have about a dozen different books on mushrooms. (Nothing like having a second or third opinion when identifying edible mushrooms.) Some years ago, I did a 21,000 motorcycle tour of the USA, and during that tour, I met two nice ladies, who invited me to stay in their homes. They both had the same book on mushrooms. Amazing coincidence. I recorded the name and bought the book! At one ladies place, in West Virginia, we went for an evening walk, and I saw my first and only luminous mushrooms! I'm now living in a ''Parc Naturel'' in France, and when I first took up residence, I used to find loads of edible mushrooms, but, they have diminished gradually to almost zero. There's a local woman who strips the woodland of every edible mushroom she can find, and then sells them. Greedy B-east! However, there are still plenty of Fly Agaric, as she cannot sell those. So, the next promised program will be very interesting. 😊👍. .

[@Livinginthepresentmoment07]

Do they help with isolation, social anxiety process guilt and shame - which ones? 😊

[@glassbakeware]

These are really common around me and I never knew what they were. Wish me luck!

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

we have gold top`s in my area and some blue staining up the stem = raw - dried or frozen - dried and ground and added to honey ! yum 1 spoon and a coffee !

[@blueaura3283]

I grew up believing that this is a killer mushroom. I just recently (I’m 43y old) discovered what it can do! And I fell in love! 🍄

[@oakarpatska4142]

Can u tell me how to prepare it ? 😁

[@SchwaAlien]

I live in Vancouver Canada and there’s an Amanita a block from my place that produces beautiful fruit, the neighborhood started getting houses in the late 1800’s, so it has had time to develop quite large. I’ve seen one growing in the center boulevard of east first as well, and in Coquitlam my grandparents had one in their old double lot backyard... I hope I’ll be able to find one on the island I’m moving to, there’s definitely something magical and even spiritual about them without even referencing their psychedelic properties.

[@cobycolbertson]

If you are looking for amanita’s in Vancouver … UBC campus in the fall is loaded. You can find them all along main mall.

[@bec8922]

Amanita dreamer is fantastic! You guys made a beautiful video here thank you!

[@josefn9078]

is there other mushrooms that are amanitas and red? or just this one?

[@UntamedScience]

Yes, there are other red amanitas. Not the main deadly ones though. Caesars mushrooms look similar but are edible.

[@josefn9078]

@@UntamedScience Yeah i have tried those before, delicious, they grow on the forest next to my grandfather's house.

[@queenieburgers50]

I've come across amanita flavoconia and it was reddish/orangish, not much is known about it, not sure if it's poisonous or fine. So it can get confused with it in certain places if newer to amanita muscaria (like me) And then there's amanita muscaria subsp flavivolvata and that's fine.

[@unclesham5507]

There's yellows too.

[@tronixfix]

1:55 I remember when i was a kid we had a museum show that… they had some live deer there and a sign that said something about that those mushrooms are eaten by deer. But then birds that sit on the back of the deer and eat ticks will drink the pee and get blasted 😂

[@jaredgreenwald3072]

This is a fantastic video. Quite well done

[@charronfamilyconnect]

The company, Psyched Wellness is making a tincture with this mushroom that is suppose to alleviate anxiety, and is a great sleep aid. They may be a front runner in the psychadelic race since this mushroom is not illegal in many countries like the US and Canada.

[@jazeapokergoda219]

Thanks for sharing!

[@raoulduke344]

It's not actually a mushroom. It has a white underside and breathes carbon dioxide (mushrooms have a brown underside/gills and breathe oxygen) which make it a toadstool.

[@shaquilleobrien5722]

@@raoulduke344 I don't know where to begin correcting you

[@raoulduke344]

@@shaquilleobrien5722 I'm not wrong. Google the information and you'll see.

[@calebmikkelsen5963]

@@raoulduke344 this makes zero sense. Fungi have all different colors of gills. Toadstool is just another name for mushroom/fungi. Amanita is a type of fungi, which does utilize oxygen and not carbon dioxide. Molds often prefer high co2 if that's what you're conflating. May want to re learn the basics of fungi.

[@thisnamesbetter]

In college my friend ordered some dried Amanita Muscaria off the internet and he ended up eating it by himself. I had to babysit his trip because he was MESSED UP; he dropped and broke 2 glass cups and a glass bong bowl. The experience was very different from the cubensis we were familiar with.

[@Oli420X]

Cor, mental

[@suga-b2594]

We have them all over Vermont. They are typically bright yellow, but I have seen them reddish orange as well.

[@RdCrestdBreegull]

Hi, I enjoyed your video but must make a few corrections. You say to dry at between 165 and 195F to convert 30% of the IBO, but the 30% number has been found to originate from a 1993 study which actually shows different drying temperatures yielding different decarboxylation percentages from 35-80%, and drying temperatures over 176F/80C significantly reducing overall potency. You also say that adding an acid like lemon juice converts more, but it will convert zero unless enough is added to bring the pH value of the liquid below 4.0 *and* the temperature of the liquid is brought between 90-100C (194-212F) and sustained for at least 30 minutes up to 2 or 3 hours. There is also no documentation that shows using milk or yogurt converting any significant amount of IBO.

[@Davewheelz]

Check out

[@Davewheelz]

Spaceztrip

[@ozzi5283]

So how can I get the most out of it?

[@mikaso]

Check out the traditional way of preserving / drying, instead of that Amanita Dreamer Lemon Tek mess!! The traditional method is slower, but way way more RELIABLE and simple: Dry the fresh caps at low heat (40-50C / 100-120F) until cracker dry. Store dark and cool, in an airtight container, for 2-3 months. Done. The decarboxylation of ibotenic acid takes place spontaneously over time, much cleaner and more efficiently than by utilizing the AD lemon method. Don't bother with the lemon tek because it will give vastly different results depending on how old or fresh your amanita caps are. And don't bother with the higher temp drying. It destroys too much of the active component, yet does not convert the IBO properly. Feel free to e-mail any of the amanita muscaria vendors (e.g in Lithuania) and ask how they prepare their dried mushrooms for sale. I guarrantee there will be no talk about neither lemon tek nor hi-temp drying!

[@RdCrestdBreegull]

@@mikaso all data I've seen that measures IBO/MUS content of dried mushrooms in room-temperature storage does not show that IBO decarboxylates in storage; it just shows that IBO and MUS levels both steadily drop. Leaving them in storage with the intent of decarboxylation seems to be perpetuated misinformation.

[@rogergauthier2769]

They get HUGE!!! I've literally found some yellow colors ones that had caps atleast 8 inches wide ,maybe 10 no joke . Didn't eat them , though I have eaten them , not as magical as a cubensis . But there is a little something weird , almost a darker energy to it too . Weird

[@timothybell5698]

It's mushroom season in Australia right now and I might grab some fly agaric. If you heat them very slowly over the course of a day, until they're bone dry, then hit them in a medium hot oven for ten or fifteen minutes they're at least safer than a beer and they taste better than any potato chip on the market. Ibotenic acid is a prodrug of muscimol, both of which break down at high temperatures, if you boil instead of bake you have yourself an extremely potent anxiolytic, but with a pretty awful hangover (especially if you don't prepare it right!)

[@timothybell5698]

"the limitless drug" Everyone says this about they favourite drug, and it's especially untrue with muscimol which will most likely just put you to sleep.

[@brocknspectre1221]

Great video! I’ve been foraging mushies for decades, but I’ve never touched these, cuz as most of us were taught, (said in an Italian accent) "Don’ta eata the amanita"

[@alexis_electronic]

Just be certain its an amanita.

[@kimballmarlow4661]

We have beautiful bright red capped ones growing in the forest. They seem to pop up about 10 months of the year. I'm sure the ground temperatures and rain fall trigger the mushrooms. We also have panther caps which will eat your liver that are more tan in color. Same flecks and size, and grow in the same areas. If it's not red your probably dead. Can't miss that color.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

It's like hay look at me,, I'm the one you want

[@chadkline4268]

The poison amanitas are white or silver color, and they don't have warts on the caps (when fully opened). But yes, the poison ones ... Just 1 and you are dead. No hope, no cure. And supposedly, they are delicious.

[@chadkline4268]

@championchap if you think I am incorrect, then provide a correction. And no, you will not find poisonous amanitas with warts beyond the button stage, and my color descriptions are not inaccurate in my knowledge and experience. If you think so , improve upon it.

[@TechDeath28]

@championchap amanita gemmata are edible and are yellow to light-brown caps

[@GodofLovers]

Nah decarboxilated Pantheria caps are potent, but won't destroy your live. It's the amanita death cap that will. It looks similar.

[@TinaBornXO]

I love nature and this video gives me a taste of it even when I do not have the time to go out by myself ❤️❤️❤️

[@VaultBoy1776]

Is there a book, that you could recommend, for the Central to Northern California area on foraging these? Fascinating video, thank you.

[@AmanitaDreamer]

I have a video on where to look and in the description is a worldwide list.

[@VaultBoy1776]

@@AmanitaDreamer thank you! Great content! New sub

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks @amanitadreamer for replying. She's the expert! :)

[@GrowthChronicles_YT]

I have been looking for good measurement tools to assess people's reasons/motivations for using psychedelics but have not had any luck finding validated or reliable measures... does anyone have suggestions or leads? I can't wait to try any of them.

[@KelvinRosemark]

Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. They drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had become medically dangerous to quit.

[@Neto37375]

@@KelvinRosemark I've always wanted to trip but am so scared it might end up bad.. I've heard a story of how a trip went bad so am so terrified of having one..

[@GrowthChronicles_YT]

@Jeffrey Hart pls how do I find him? Is it on IG?

[@Bryanclouds]

@@Neto37375 There are breathing exercises and meditation techniques you can do before taking psychedelics. Set and Settings are so important meaning your MINDSET and setting where you'll be tripping. The more comfortable and relaxed you are prior the smoother and insightful the experience Will be..

[@amandabrewster8308]

@@Neto37375 They say that even a bad trip can help you to unlock certain hidden parts about yourself and the innermost fears...but once you break pass it you learn from it.( Not speaking from experience)but I used to be scared of that happening too but I think now that I've heard people talking about their experience even a bad trip can be beneficial(maybe obviously everyone is different) good luck!