Paul Stamets finds and identifies a non-edible mushroom, Amanita gemmata. Accurate mushroom identification is an important part of safe foraging. You should always take a reliable mushroom field guide with you on your fungal adventures. Want to learn more about responsible foraging? Check out the blog on our site! #responsibleforaging #mushrooms #amanita #paulstamets | Fungi Perfecti

🎄🍄 Christmas & Mushrooms — The Forgotten Origin Story — ❓What if Christmas wasn’t invented by Coca‑Cola or Christianity, but inherited from ancient mushroom rituals — where red‑and‑white Amanita growing under pine trees, shamans entering homes through snow‑buried chimneys, flying reindeer visions, stockings by the fire, and even medieval Christian art all point to a buried psychedelic blueprint that later got sanitized, censored, and repackaged into a child‑friendly holiday? — 📲 Don’t lose th

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Behold these glorious #FlyAgaric or #Amanitamuscaria, the most recognizable mushroom in the world. They have long been associated with winter and played an pivotal role in Northern European and Asian traditions, especially for the Sami people and other indigenous groups in Siberia. There is some limited anthropological evidence that Amanita muscaria was collected, dried, and consumed as part of these cultural practices. This mushroom contain