Fly agaric mushroom

[Booldawg]

These were extensively used and a central to European culture before the introduction of vodka (The Vikings, Beserkers etc). As they are fairly adundant and not known to be toxic to the level of fatalies, then why do people favour the Liberty cap mushroom as the choice of drug? Is there a difference in the effect they have on the mind? I've not taken either so I dont know.

[sunflower71]

are you talking about magic mushrooms?
Are they noy like LSD (Acid)?
I don't know I never had them and don't particually want them either.

[Booldawg]

the liberty cap is whats known as 'the magic musroom;' the fly agarics are the red ones with white spots.

[Bellringer]

Fly Agaric is deadly poisonous, don't even think about it.
Also some mushrooms can be fatal when taken with alcohol.

[joko]

the dosage of a fly agaric is a problem because they can grow quite big - so saying 'a quarter of one', is not really helpful, but you certainly shouldn't have a full one, or even a half - but as i say this is relative.

also there are number of other very similar looking shrooms that are deadly so the risk of picking the wrong one probably puts people off

they are also quite hard to find and not especially abundant

liberty caps are very small - the bell is on average about the size of a kidney bean, but some can get bigger if left longer, so you usually need a fair few, which is ok because they grow all over the place and usually there are lots of them about - though only for a few months a year.