Practically all of the psilocybin containing mushrooms are small, brown or tan mushrooms easily mistakable for any number of non-psychoactive, inedible, or poisonous mushrooms in the wild. ... Although psilocybin is the main psychoactive ingredient found in the fungus, a smaller but more potent compound, called psilocin, also packs a good part of mushrooms' psychedelic punch. ... Psilocybin containing mushrooms grow wild across the United States and in many countries around the world. ... Most recreationally used mushrooms are cultivated rather than picked wild. ...

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