Do Mushrooms Benefit from Being Hallucinogenic?
Nobody knows why some mushrooms are psychedelic. I mean, we know that they contain a compound called psilocybin, which messes with the brain chemistry of lots of animals, including humans. But we don’t know why being psychedelic would be useful to mushrooms in the first place. Here are three of our best theories.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Psilocybin: a hallucinogenic alkaloid, found in some toadstools.
- Psychedelic: relating to or denoting drugs (especially LSD) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness.
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