Mushrooms containing psychoactive indole alkaloids

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The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1890.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1893.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

A fungus (Panaeolus subbalteatus ?): group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

LSD, acid : information for users / Project L.S.D.

A guide to British psilocybin mushrooms / by Richard Cooper.

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Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic

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LSD, acid : information for users / Project L.S.D.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

A guide to British psilocybin mushrooms / by Richard Cooper.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic

Images from the collections

Images about Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic

Works from the collections

LSD, acid : information for users / Project L.S.D.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

A guide to British psilocybin mushrooms / by Richard Cooper.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

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