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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Psilocybin, Aflatoxin, Mushroom poisoning, Mycotoxin, Gyromitrin, Loline alkaloid, Agaritine, Muscimol, Alpha-Amanitin, Muscarine, Trichothecene, Orellanine, Cytochalasin, Ochratoxin A, Phalloidin, Psilocin, Vomitoxin, Bioaerosol, Gliotoxin, Amatoxin, Ibotenic acid, Monomethylhydrazine, Zearalenone, Diacetylverrucarol, Satratoxin-H, Beauvericin, T-2 mycotoxin, Patulin, Citrinin, Amaninamide, Asperlicin, Cytochalasin B, Fumonisin B1, Amanullinic acid, Antamanide, Zeranol, Cytochalasin D, Fumonisin B2, Alternariol, Cyclopiazonic acid, Epsilon-Amanitin, Myrotoxin B, Phallotoxin, Tenuazonic acid, Proamanullin, Aeruginascin, Moniliformin, Muscazone, Cytochalasin E, Roquefortine C, Beta-Amanitin, Gamma-Amanitin, Phallolysin, Trichodermin, Penicillic acid. Excerpt: Psilocybin ( - --bin also known as psilocybine or 4-PO-DMT) is a prodrug for the classical hallucinogen compound psilocin, or 4-HO-DMT (4-hydroxyl-dimethyltryptamine), the active metabolite of psilocybin, responsible for the psychoactive effects of the drug. Both drugs are members of the indole and tryptamine classes. Psilocybin-containing mushrooms are used both recreationally and traditionally, for spiritual purposes, as entheogens, with a history of use spanning millennia. In a 1957 Life article, the American banker R. Gordon Wasson described his experiences ingesting psilocybin-containing mushrooms during a traditional ceremony in Mexico, introducing the drug to popular culture. Shortly after, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was able to purify the active principle psilocybin from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana, and developed a synthetic method to produce the drug. Psilocybin is produced by over 200 species of fungi, the most notable ones being those of the genus Psilocybe, such as P. cubensis, P. semilanceata, and P. cyanescens, and has also been reportedl...
