Amanita Muscaria from Phytographie Medicale

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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete mushroom, one of many in the genus Amanita. It is native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, and North America, and has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.

The quintessential toadstool, it is a large, conspicuous mushroom, with a distinctive appearance—most notably its red and white spotted cap—that has been featured prominently in art, literature, and folklore. Historically, A. muscaria has been used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia, such as the Middle East, India, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the fly agaric was the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India; since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature.

The name of the mushroom in many European languages is thought to be derived from its use as an insecticide, sprinkled in milk. The fly-killing agent is now known to be ibotenic acid. An alternative derivation proposes that the term fly- refers not to insects as such but rather the delirium resulting from consumption of the fungus. This is based on the medieval belief that flies could enter a person's head and cause mental illness.

Many of Amanita muscaria's chemical constituents are not only toxic but also psychoactive. It contains the psychoactive compound muscimol, which is responsible for the effects of intoxication felt after ingestion. The drug's effects can vary widely, depending on dosage and individual physiology, and can range from nausea and twitching to drowsiness, cholinergic crisis-like effects (low blood pressure, sweating, and salivation), auditory and visual distortions, mood changes, euphoria, relaxation, and ataxia. High doses can result in seizures, coma, and death, although fatalities from ingestion are extremely rare. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was widely used as an entheogen by many of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. Its use for such purposes was first documented by the Swedish colonel Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, who described its use among the Koryak in a report published in 1730. It has had a religious significance in Siberian culture and possibly also in ancient Indian and Scandinavian cultures.

Amanita muscaria is considered to be of low to moderate toxicity. It is not normally fatal, though it can cause severe and unpleasant effects. It is not recommended for amateur mushroom hunters to eat A. muscaria unless it has been detoxified. The mushroom's toxicity, as with many toxic mushrooms, is not necessarily predictable, as it can vary from region to region, from season to season, and from one mushroom to another within the same cluster.

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