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Although magic mushrooms (mushrooms containing psilocybin and related compounds) are not generally dangerous on their own, several safety issues arise from magic mushroom use.

Firstly, if the mushrooms are wild-picked, one may have mistaken poisonous mushrooms for magic mushrooms. If the mushrooms are bought off the street, the dealer may have simply soaked store-bought mushrooms in another hallucinogen (or the mushrooms may be a poisonous species). Therefore, it is essential to know exactly what mushroom you are taking.

Even if one takes genuine magic mushrooms, it is important to be with someone else and in a safe environment. Accidents or self-harm may result if one is not properly prepared for the mushroom experience. Those with mental health issues or a family history of such issues should not engage in magic mushroom use, as magic mushrooms may precipitate or exacerbate mental health problems.

Finally, magic mushrooms are illegal in most places and using them could result in severe legal consequences.

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Does magic mushrooms give you food poising?

Only if they are poisonous mushrooms, not magic mushrooms NEXT ANSWER: To clarify, magic mushrooms are called such because they give you 'a high' feeling and can create physical and visual hallucinations or sensations . One may feel as if floating or 'magical '. What you are feeling after taking magic mushrooms is poisoning but not food poisoning - read below. A person can become fatally ill from eating unfamiliar mushrooms or toadstools If you aren't with someone who is a professional or who knowsd absolutely for sure, do not eat mushrooms found in the wild. . The component in a magic mushrooms causes what many people call a ' high' but which is in fact a poison. All the feelings and hallucinations one experiences on mushrooms are really the result of what happens to you while your body is trying to fight off the poison in the mushroom. The more mushrooms you take the greater amount of poison you are putting into your body & so the greater the effects. As with any poison, too much can be hazardous to your mental well being, your safety and health.


Can you get a disease from magic mushrooms?

If improperly stored, fungus can grow in magics mushrooms (mushrooms themselves are a speciece(sp?) of fungus). However, magic mushrooms themselves do not cause any diseases, any other than getting a food infection from fungi that can grow on improperly stored magic mushrooms (which can also happen to normal mushrooms or any other type of fresh food).


What are some nicknames for psilocybin mushroom?

Psilocybin mushrooms are often called Magic Mushrooms, Shrooms, Mushies and Boomers.


Are magic mushrooms safe to eat when they're dark blue?

They are not magic mushrooms as you may think they are! But there are 3500 different types of mushroom in the UK and 250 are hallucinogenic. Don't eat anything until you know what it is!! Blue sounds as though it could be a death cap; and as in the name you do not want to eat it !!


Is it possible that your blood type changes after continuous use of your sibling's towel who has a different blood type as type A to type O you?

No. Unless it was a magic towel that contained radiation to erradicate your bone marrow and transplant your sibling's bone marrow into your hollowed bones.... ;)