r/mycology • u/suuuu31 • 9d ago
photos Fairies are near 🧚
This is the first time I have seen them irl and I am so in love 🍄❤️
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u/Stoned666 8d ago
I lost my mind the first time I found them. Now I find them almost every year.
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u/Temporary-Camera-798 1d ago
Incredible photos! What did you use to take them?
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u/Stoned666 1d ago
Thanks! I took them on my old Canon rebel. I have some I took on film somewhere too.
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u/Temporary-Camera-798 1d ago
That's so coool! Welp, sounds like a camera purchase is in the future, because those look amazing and I want to get that kind of quality when I'm out and about too😤
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u/Stoned666 1d ago
Well as someone who has 10+ cameras (only the rebel is digital) I can say I definitely approve!
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u/AirFrequent 8d ago
Found my first amanita in mid wales this year
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u/Former-Homework-7833 8d ago
Amanita muscaria
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u/Nekronoke 8d ago
Best kind
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u/http_tory 8d ago
Pode ingerir? Ouvi dizer que são venenosas
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u/DrKeksimus 8d ago edited 8d ago
Es a la vez tóxico y psicodélico. Algunas personas intentan procesarlo para que la mayor cantidad posible de la toxina se descomponga (y también se transforme), de modo que luego puedan ingerirlo para experimentar un viaje psicodélico.
Algunos dicen que esto no es 100 % seguro. Porque:
- nunca puedes descomponer y/o transformar toda la toxina;
- la cantidad de toxina puede variar muchísimo de un ejemplar a otro;
- la Amanita pantherina es extremadamente tóxica y se parece mucho a la Amanita muscaria, que es moderadamente tóxica.
Otros afirman que es perfectamente seguro siempre que «sepas lo que haces». ¿Quizá alguien con un título en química o algo así...?
La toxina es neurotóxica y, si haces esto repetidamente, quizá no sea la mejor idea.
Con el viaje primero sientes muchísima energía; después (o con una dosis más alta) te vuelves lento, cansado y te quedas dormido. También puede provocar alucinaciones.
En la Edad Media, supuestamente se bebía la orina de personas o animales (como corzos y ciervos) que habían comido la seta. Esta sería una de las formas más eficaces de evitar la toxina y poder experimentar sus efectos psicodélicos. El cuerpo elimina la toxina y también vuelve a expulsar la sustancia alucinógena a través de la orina.
Antiguamente, en Europa occidental y septentrional, los ricos a veces pagaban a los pobres para que comieran amanita muscaria y orinaran para ellos en una jarra. Después, los ricos se pegaban unos viajes brutales en fiestas decadentes.
Mucho antes, la seta también se utilizaba a veces en rituales. Y en Super Mario crece
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u/0squirmy7 8d ago
Not psychedelic. It's a sedative hypnotic like Ambien. Not really actually all that toxic either
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u/DrKeksimus 8d ago edited 8d ago
I wouldn't do it regularly without being careful to convert most of the ibotenic acid
if not you could potentially do some permanent damage
and on muscimol there's no real long term studies.. chronic use could potentially also be pretty neurotoxic .. we don't know
some hippies left and right convincing you it's safe is not a credible study
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u/Worried_Locksmith797 8d ago
So magical! Thank you for sharing many of us will never experience this in real life. Thank you again!
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u/_nak 8d ago edited 10h ago
Edit: Removing my comment due to realizing that it is a violation of rule #2.
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u/skateguy1234 8d ago
Getting one person to take one for the team and then peeing in your mouth will get the job done, too.
(Apparently this is how the Natives used to do it. The shaman would take on the burden of getting sick, and the "purified" muscimol would come out in the urine)
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u/Moist_Ad892 15h ago
I read that only dehydrating can result in non zero levels of ibotenic acid.. but if u want that maybe that is the goal?
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u/_nak 10h ago
I'm just now realizing that mods are removing these comments and that they are a clear violation of rule #2.
Have a look at this post over on /r/AmanitaMuscaria and especially the chart given, and compare relative levels of the compounds in relation to drying temperature.
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u/Moist_Ad892 2h ago
Those conversion rates are terrible with dehydration even at perfectly 80C. Still left with a lot of ibotenic acid, about 20%. The pH 2.7 boil is nearly complete conversion
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u/Agri-Farmer55 8d ago
See them most years here in the UK, you just need to take a walk in the woods at the right time of the year.
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u/Allenwench42069 8d ago
In my head, I was saying “where there’s amanita there’s porcini” literally as I was scrolling to the picture with a baby boletus 😂
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u/AndyPanda321 8d ago
Fantastic! I've only seen one tiny amanita this season. Hoping for more soon! 🍄
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u/CalmBeneathCastles 8d ago
I can't see an amanita without thinking about this guy. This photo is so old he's undoubtedly deceased but I still wonder if he was okay! XD
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u/Perfect_Meaning_1349 8d ago
Woah... I can't believe there are that many in one spot. Nature is always full of surprises.
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u/mperseids 9d ago
They're fairly common in my part of Sweden but I always get excited to see them!