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Group: alt.magick · Group Profile
Author: paulhumepaulhume Date: Sep 19, 2008 05:12
> But yes, your point well taken. I've collected Amanita Muscaria in my
> neck of Ozark woods, and while tasty, they dont have the psychedelic
> power of those imported from other regions. I've also seen pscilocybin
> fungi here, but they also have no psychotropic powers.
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> Acid rain and pollution has changed the soils, and so plants and fungi
> do not necessarily have the same effect as the record suggests.
Mushrooms ae notoriously sensitive to local conditions. A delicacy in
one region is poisonous in another, and as you observe, psychedelic
(and/or toxic) ones in the Southwest lack those alkaloids in the
Southeast.
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