The Psilocybin Mushroom Pandemic

Occurrence and use of hallucinogenic mushrooms containing psilocybin alkaloids

“…aztecorum Singer, 1958aGuzmán, 1978Psilocybe aztecorum var. bonetii Guzmán, 1978Psilocybe baeocystis Mc Cawley et al, 1962Benedict et al, 1962b; Pollock, 1976a;Southcott, 1974;Hall, 1973;McCarthy, 1971 Allen et al, 1991Picker and Rickards, 1970Pollock, 1976aSouthcott,1974;Hall, 1973;McCarthy, 1971;Guzmán et al, 1993Allen et al, 1991 Singer, 1958a;Singer and Smith, 1958;Pollock, 1975 * No information on psilocybin and psilocin in this report ** Allen and Merlin, 1992 Being hard to chew, the dried mushrooms are often brewed into tea. This tea is subsequently drunk, and the mushrooms are then consumed.…”

“…Pollock, 1976a;Southcott, 1974;Hall, 1973;McCarthy, 1971 Gymnophilus Cooles, 1980;Pollock, 1976a;Holden, 1965;Ott, 1978Southcott, 1974Guzman et al, 1976*;Allen et al, 1991** Panaelous cyanescens Lincoff andMitchell, 1977. Allen et al, 1991**;Pollock, 1974Pollock, , 1976Ott, 1978Panaelous papilionnaceus Pollock, 1974Sanford, 1972Panaeolus sphincrinus Ott, 1975Schultes, 1939;Pollock, 1975Panaeolus subbalteatus Guzmán et al, 1976Pollock, 1976;Allen et al, 1991 Panaelous (Copelandia) Guzmán et al, 1993Allen et al, 1991Psilocybe aztecorum var. aztecorum Singer, 1958aGuzmán, 1978Psilocybe aztecorum var.…”

An Ethnomycological Review of Psychoactive Agarics in Australia and New Zealand

“…Pollock (1975) also noted that mushroom capsules were being openly sold on the illicit market in Australia.…”

“…Colored photographs of P. cubensis in Australia were published in 1976 in a popular agricultural journal (Aberdeen & Voct 1976) but were labeled as being toxic; Margot and Watling (1978) speculated that P. cubensis was "even smuggled out of Australia for use abroad." Reports on the popularity of psychoactive fungi use in Australia appeared in other publications (Pollock 1977(Pollock -1978(Pollock , 1975.…”

“…For example, recreational consumers of psychoactive fungi in the United States (Stafford 1982;Ott 1978;Ott & Bigwood 1978;Haard & Haard 1975;Pollock 1975), Canada (Unsigned 1982a;Guzman et al 1976;Oakenbough 1975; Commission of Inquiry Into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs 1972), Mexico (Wasson 1980;Ott 1975;Unsigned 1970;Finkelstein 1969), and South America (Wei! 1980(Wei!…”