The Mushroom Show - A Totally Weird "Magic Mushroom" That No One Seems To Know Anything About... Is It Real?

A Totally Weird "Magic Mushroom" That No One Seems To Know Anything About... Is It Real?

07/25/23 • 24 min

We all know about Psilocybin Mushrooms, and perhaps even the "other" magic mushroom, Amanita muscaria- but what if there was a third one?
According to the stories, it "Makes You See The Little People" and sounds truly bizarre-
In this episode of The Mushroom Show we're digging into the story of the "blue staining boletes" that do not contain psilocybin, yet apparently have psychoactive properties that are entirely different than the typical experience. We're also going on a foraging adventure to try and support a theory about mushrooms fruiting in 7 year cycles.
0:00 Intro
0:54 The Mystery Of The Blue Staining Boletes
10:52 Foraging For Amanita And More
23:15 Outro

Previous Episode

Did Australia Just Legalize Psilocybin Therapy? (The Mushroom Show Episode 17)

Big headlines this week in the world of mushrooms, as a major country is starting to allow for psychiatrists to prescribe psilocybin for specific conditions. Is this a really big deal? Or just more of the same? In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we dig into the story behind Australia's re-scheduling, and how that might impact policy going forward. We're also looking at the announcement of 3 brand new studies into psilocybin assisted psychotherapy funded by the Government of Canada, plus, trying to figure out why one of the most promising myco-technology innovations was just forced to cease operations.
0:00 Intro
1:04 Did Australia Just Legalize Psilocybin?
5:19 Canada Investing $3M
13:17 Myco-Techonology Is Hard To Scale
18:29 Outro

Next Episode

The Insane Value Of Mushrooms: Why Our World Wouldn't Function Without Fungi (TMS EP 19)

According to a new report, fungi contribute over $54 Trillion USD to the global economy. Sound crazy?
It kind of is, but there is no doubt that without fungi, our modern lives just wouldn't be the same.
In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we crunch the numbers to figure our what's really going on and try to figure out how researchers arrived at such a gargantuan number.
We're also diving into the mystery of the ancient and humongous fungus known as Prototaxites. Was the earth once dominated by these fungal beings? Let's find out!
#themushroomshow #prototaxites
0:00 Intro
0:57 A Quick Foraging Trip With Eric Whitehead
3:20 Mushrooms Contribute Trillions To The Global Economy
15:42 Get Mushroom Powered With FreshCap
16:31 The Ancient "Humongous Fungus"