Psychedelic Mushroom Identification Course This course gives you an array of online lectures, video presentations and a final exam about how to successfully forage and identify psilocybin-containing mushrooms. $49.99

Magic mushrooms have always been fully legal in Bolivia, Jamaica, Samoa, Uruguay and Peru and now due to the changing legal landscape are becoming decriminalised in the US and Canada. As such Mushroom Exam has commissioned expert mycologist and pharmacist Mike Bereza (MPharmS, UCL) to develop this course for those living in these countries and looking to find psychedelic / psychoactive mushrooms in the wild using up-to-date predictive foraging maps. 

In regards to psilocybin mushroom identification, this course explores the basics of how, when and where to find them (see Figure 1). After this, the course goes into greater detail concerning the different genera including Copelandia, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Panaeolus, Pholiotina, Pluteus, and Psilocybe. And compare and contrast other potentially poisonous look-a-like species which may be picked erroneously focusing on topics such as liberty caps vs death caps and psilocybe vs galerina.

Below is an excerpt from a video created by our main tutor which explains the basics of magic mushroom identification and legality...

Figure 1. Global distribution of 100+ psychoactive species of genus Psilocybe mushrooms. [1]

Types of psychedelic mushrooms

This course also covers the controversial subject of treating amanita muscaria as a psychoactive mushroom and highlights specific scientific papers which detail how to safely prepare the mushroom for consumption. The course goes on to explain the differentiation of the scarlet Amanita from other members of the Amanitaceae family, a group that includes some of the deadliest mushrooms (the Destroying Angel and the Death Cap), and within which 90% of all fatal mushroom poisonings occur.

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References

[1] Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J (1998). "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto. 14: 207. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

Please note

This course is intended for educational and harm reduction purposes. It is not intended to promote illicit activity. Always follow the laws in your region regarding psychoactive mushrooms.