Amanita muscaria | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-11

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Amanita muscaria


00:01:25 1 Taxonomy and naming
00:04:48 1.1 Classification
00:05:53 1.1.1 Controversy
00:08:12 2 Description
00:11:06 3 Distribution and habitat
00:12:59 4 Toxicity
00:15:06 4.1 Pharmacology
00:17:56 4.2 Symptoms
00:19:17 4.3 Treatment
00:20:58 4.4 Psychoactive use
00:22:30 4.5 Siberia
00:24:14 4.6 Other reports of use
00:25:14 4.7 Vikings
00:26:04 5 Fly trap
00:26:39 6 In religion
00:26:48 6.1 Soma
00:28:10 6.2 Christianity
00:29:22 7 Culinary use
00:31:39 8 Cultural depictions
00:32:29 8.1 Literature
00:33:56 9 See also



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SUMMARY
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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria 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.
Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituents being the compounds ibotenic acid and muscimol. The mushroom was 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 possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.