Amanita Muscaria Info

The amanita muscaria comes from the Kingdome fungi(mushrooms) from the family of the amanitaceae and the genus Amanita. The taxonomic tree of the amanita muscaria is: - Kingdome: fungi - Division: Eumycota - Subdivision: Hymenomycetes - Order: Agaricales - Suborder: Agaricineae - Family: Amanitaceae - Genus: Amanita.

It has a pileus size from 5cm as a minimum to 40cm as a maximum broad or diameter size, becoming plane. The pileus color is blood-red, or various shades of bright, like scarlet, or orange red; becoming lighter toward margin. The surface is really smooth, covered with white scales or patches. The flesh of these fungus is firm when young and becoming soft with time. It also has a barely perceptible odor and its pleasantly flavor. The stipe size is 5 to 18cm long with 30cm as a maximum becoming 1 to 4cm wide. Comes from the bulbous base(root). The surface of the stipe is like cotton fibrous; and the color becomes whitish(sometimes discolored by the age). The amanita is common called as Fly Agaric, Fly Amanita or Fly Mushroom. All the amanita muscaria info is recollected for many reasons. One is, the fungus are very common in the conifer areas throughout the northern hemisphere. The color is very variable; the name of fly agaric is because in some regions little pieces of the mushroom are placed in milk to attract flies; the flies become intoxicated as if alcohol in humans then they crash into walls and die.

The amanita muscaria is considered good look in many parts of Europe; that's why the amanita muscaria can be seen next to the four leaf clover on their lottery kiosk in downtown Frankfurt.

Besides the brightly colors and the good-looks of this mushrooms, there is a considerable interest in them, because they are poisonous and hallucinogenic. Most of the mushrooms contain two toxins; ibotenic acid and muscimol. The ingestion of these toxins may induce in "expanded perception", talking to God, macropsia(perceiving objects as enlarged), rapid hearthbeat and dry mouth.

The amanita muscaria attacks directly the nervous system as neuropeptide receptors. In few words we can resume: eat these mushrooms will inhibit fear(turn off fear) and slow reflex. The mushroom were used by Vikings before invaded a land. Essentially turned off their fear emotions, so, gaining their fierceness reputation.

Amanita muscaria info can be provided by other cultures and religions as the shamans in Siberia, they call these mushroom "mukhomor", to speak to their gods. We invite you to know that the amanita muscaria is very hallucinogenic that may contain toxins to produce you pleasantness and other that are not as well metabolized by the body, so we recommend to read the amanita muscaria info on the web, or read all about us. Must people are sure that Santa Claus myth is originated by these fungus, cause everything coincide with this amanita muscaria plant, the red clothes with the body of the mushroom, the white dots on the cap. Perhaps the mushroom is not well known cause the effects and the people who doesn't know it or taste it can relation these ones with drugs. As read before the fungus are natural and its effects too, so there is a question about it, eat it or not? The answer is easy to respond to all who have read about medical effects of this "drug" or the people who like or is part of ethnobotany(branch of botany).