What mushrooms are magic mushrooms?

Answer 1

Magic mushrooms are psilocibe mushrooms and they contain psilocibin, which is the active ingredient that makes them psychedelic. When ingested, they cause laughter, hallucinations, mystical experiences and sometimes they can also bring a very scary and bad trip.

Answer 2

Mushrooms from the genus Psilocybe account for most magic mushrooms (i.e Psilocybe cubensis, Psilocybe mexicana etc). Any mushroom containing psilocybin, psilocin, or baeocystin are referred to as magic mushrooms.

While Psilocybe is the primary genus used for acquisition of these mushrooms, there are many other genera that have such psychedelic indole alkaloids.

The physical descriptions vary from species to species.