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dicinal properties, instead focusing on their
short-lived effects on the central nervous system.
It is highly unlikely a mushroom would
manufacture 1% of its biomass in a crystalline
form for no evolutionary advantage. As
drugs, the active compounds—psilocybin &
psilocin—have virtually no apparent addictive
potential for humans. These compounds act as
short-lived anti-metabolites for serotonin, a
primary neurotransmitter in the mammalian
brain.
Comments: Mushrooms of this complex are rare
in the wild. With the expansion of civilization, debris
piles of chipped wood have accumulated
around human dweffings. This rapidly emerging
ecological niche has been quickly exploited by the
Caramel Capped Psilocybes.
Yet, I am still mystified that in over twenty
years of collecting, and in talking to dozens
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Figure 293. Psilocybe azurescens fruiting in the fall from a bed of alder chips implanted in the spring.
Figure 294. A Sacred Psilocybe Patch.
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