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Carboué, Q.; Lopez, M. Amanita muscaria: Ecology, Chemistry, Myths. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/13813 (accessed on 11 September 2026).
Carboué Q, Lopez M. Amanita muscaria: Ecology, Chemistry, Myths. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/13813. Accessed September 11, 2026.
Carboué, Quentin, Michel Lopez. "Amanita muscaria: Ecology, Chemistry, Myths" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/13813 (accessed September 11, 2026).
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Carboué, Quentin and Michel Lopez. "Amanita muscaria: Ecology, Chemistry, Myths." Encyclopedia. Web. 02 September, 2021.
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Amanita muscaria is the most emblematic mushroom in the popular representation. It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus endemic to the cold ecosystems of the northern hemisphere. The basidiocarp contains isoxazoles compounds that have specific actions on the central nervous system, including hallucinations. For this reason, it is considered an important entheogenic mushroom in different cultures whose remnants are still visible in some modern-day European traditions. In Siberian civilizations, it has been consumed for religious and recreational purposes for millennia, as it was the only inebriant in this region.
Amanita muscaria
ibotenic acid
muscimol
muscarine
ethnomycology
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- Rubel, W.; Arora, D. A Study of Cultural Bias in Field Guide Determinations of Mushroom Edibility Using the Iconic Mushroom, Amanita muscaria, as an Example. Econ. Bot. 2008, 62, 223–243.
- Whelan, C. “Amanita muscaria”: The Gorgeous Mushroom. Asian Folk. Stud. 1994, 53, 163.
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