It has been known that lobster fishermen in Maine hold an annual festival and eat or drink concotions of Panaeolus papilionaceus.

ALso a group of witches in Belgium are know to use this mushroom in their ritual-like ceremonies. These cases are cdocumented in reputable journals.

Mj

does anyone know about their hallucinagenic properties, if any?

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That mushroom in the picture is not Panaeolus papilionaceus, it is Panaeolus sphinctrinus var., campanulatus. In a day I will post some images of this species for you. and no Liberycaps only gorow from late July-August throught Nove-Dec and sometimes into January dfepending on a freeze.

I just receive somepictures of Psilocybe cyanescens picked on Feb 6, 2000 in San Francisco. I will shortly be poosting them on my site.

Have a shroomy day

Mj Hi Psylosymon

Hi Mj

Lenore, you do actually have a chance of finding some Libs in North Cal,at this time....Idoubt it, but in the fall get out there and hunt!!

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I have posted this many times and people rely on mis-information by experts who are not mycologists.

Below is a photo of a drawing from Richard Evans Shultes (The greatest botanist explorer of this century) and Albert Hofmann (The father of LSD)book "Plants of the Gods.". Notice the fringed teeth around the bottom of the cap.. This indicates that this species posted above is Panaeolus sphinctrinus, not panaeolus papilionaceus. This shroom changes color in drying, just like in the genus Psilocybe, this Panaeolus mushroom cap changes from a yellow-brown tone to a grey to grey-offwhite color in dryin and the stems appear a dark red-brown color with filaments on the stem.

It was also known as the butterfly mushroom _(papilion).

Here we have a drwing from a chinese journal of panaeolus campanulatus var. sphinctrinus.

And here are two drawings of Panaeolus papilionaceus. the first one is from a Chinese journal and the second drawing is from a japaneese journal in 1918.

Notice their resemblence to Copelandia Cyanescens.

And here is the second image from theJapanese Journal.

This species is closely related to Copelandia cyanescens and to Panaeolus subbalteatus.

Anyway Stamets is incorrect in his identification of this species.
Mj

[This message has been edited by mjshroomer (edited February 15, 2000).]

Mj

I could have taken pics from about thirty field guides and they all agree on Pn. sphinctrinus.

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Again I direct you to the book "Narcotic Plants" by Dr. William Emboden of the University of California at Northridge.

He is the one who mentioned the Witches in Europe who use this species ceremoniously.

Mj

This is the original refernce to this practice.