Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide

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According to article 6 of the Illegal substance act, Psilocybin, DMT, Mescaline, LSD and Cannabis among other psychedelics are completely illegal in Iceland regardless of purpose. [54]

There are also a lot of potentially lethal members of this group which can make it dangerous to attempt to wildcraft the psilocybin-containing members. For example, several species of Inocybe mushrooms contain muscarine — a toxic substance responsible for many fungi-related deaths around the world. According to Israeli drug laws, psilocybin and psilocin are illegal, but psilocybin-containing mushrooms are legal for possession, cultivation and sale as long as they are not used for the purpose of personal use. [64] There have been records of people being arrested for growing and selling large quantities of magic mushrooms for recreational purposes in the country. [65] Schaepe, Herbert (13 September 2001). "UN's INCB Psilocybin Mushroom Policy". Erowid.org . Retrieved 7 January 2012. As you are aware, mushrooms containing the above substances are collected and used for their hallucinogenic effects. As a matter of international law, no plants (natural material) containing psilocin and psilocybin are at present controlled under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. Consequently, preparations made of these plants are not under international control and, therefore, not subject of the articles of the 1971 Convention [emphasis added]. Criminal cases are decided with reference to domestic law, which may otherwise provide for controls over mushrooms containing psilocine and psilocybin. As the Board can only speak as to the contours of the international drug conventions, I am unable to provide an opinion on the litigation in question. (Letter from Secretary of the UN International Narcotics Control Board to the Dutch Ministry of Health) Ergot poisoning (ergotism) happens when bread products are made from grains infected with the ergot fungus (usually Claviceps purpurea). The condition can be lethal, damaging blood vessels in the extremities, hallucinations, convulsions, mania, and eventually death. Psilocybin mushrooms are mushrooms which contain the hallucinogenic substances psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin and norbaeocystin. The mushrooms are collected and grown as an entheogen and recreational drug, despite being illegal in many countries. Many psilocybin mushrooms are in the genus Psilocybe, but species across several other genera contain the drugs.On 3 November 2020 during 2020 US presidential election, the state of Oregon voted in an initiative to legalize psilocybin for mental health treatment at licensed centers and to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of all drugs. The new law came into effect on 1 February 2021. [17] On the same day Washington, D.C. passed an initiative to decriminalize the cultivation and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi". [115] [116] [117] In 2021, the City Councils of Somerville, Northampton, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington, voted for decriminalization. [118] [119] [120] California is currently in the process of reviewing bill SB-58 which would decriminalize many psychedelics including psilocybin, [121] after bill SB-519 was gutted by lawmakers. [122] On 7 September 2022, San Francisco lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure calling for the decriminalization of the use of entheogenic plants. [123] This is, by far, the most common genus of psychedelic mushrooms. They’re easy to grow (most of them), many are powerful psychedelics, and they’re found on virtually every continent on Earth.

For the legal status of the psychoactive substance found in psilocybin mushrooms, see psilocybin §Legal status, and psilocin §Legal status. Dubinski, Kate (10 December 2020). "Some doctors, therapists get Health Canada permission to use magic mushrooms". CBC News . Retrieved 11 December 2020. The world of psychedelic mushrooms is still not well understood. There are a lot of species we know are psychoactive but haven’t been mapped out, and there are species still being discovered every year. Further Reading: Mycology

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Possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms, including the bluing species of Psilocybe, is therefore prohibited by extension. However, in many national, state, and provincial drug laws, there has been a great deal of ambiguity about the legal status of psilocybin mushrooms, as well as a strong element of selective enforcement in some places. [14] [7] :25–48 Most US state courts have considered the mushroom a "container" of the illicit drugs, and therefore illegal. A loophole further complicates the legal situation—the spores of psilocybin mushrooms do not contain the drugs, and are legal to possess in many areas. Jurisdictions that have specifically enacted or amended laws to criminalize the possession of psilocybin mushroom spores include Germany (since 1998), [13] and California, Georgia, and Idaho in the United States. As a consequence, there is an active underground economy involved in the sale of spores and cultivation materials, and an internet-based social network to support the illicit activity. [15] :177–178 Changes in the 2020s [ edit ] You can find these mushrooms throughout the high mountains of Mexico, with some samples being reported as high as 4000m in elevation — the highest ever reported for Psilocybe mushrooms.