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[[File:Magic mushroom Compounds.jpg|alt=Magic mushroom Compounds|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Compounds found within magic mushrooms.]]'''The term ''Magic Mushroom'' often refer to [[Medicinal Mushrooms|medicinal mushrooms]]. More often than not the term specifically references [[psilocybin]] mushrooms which have been used as [[Entheogen|entheogens]] for spiritual, religious, and divinatory purposes around the world.''' Whilst these mushrooms are renowned for containing the [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] chemical [[psilocybin]] (a tryptamine) like all phytomedicines they also contain an array of parts of psilocybin and other related psychedelic compounds including phenylethylamines<ref>'''Presence of phenylethylamine in hallucinogenic Psilocybe mushroom: possible role in adverse reactions.''' O Beck , A Helander, C Karlson-Stiber, N Stephansson. DOI: 10.1093/jat/22.1.45. Accessed on 18 Jan 2023 via <nowiki>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9491968/</nowiki></ref> (See Figure 1). | [[File:Magic mushroom Compounds.jpg|alt=Magic mushroom Compounds|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Compounds found within magic mushrooms.]]'''The term ''Magic Mushroom'' often refer to [[Medicinal Mushrooms|medicinal mushrooms]]. More often than not the term specifically references [[psilocybin]] mushrooms which have been used as [[Entheogen|entheogens]] for spiritual, religious, and divinatory purposes around the world.''' Whilst these mushrooms are renowned for containing the [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] chemical [[psilocybin]] (a tryptamine) like all phytomedicines they also contain an array of parts of psilocybin and other related psychedelic compounds including phenylethylamines<ref>'''Presence of phenylethylamine in hallucinogenic Psilocybe mushroom: possible role in adverse reactions.''' O Beck , A Helander, C Karlson-Stiber, N Stephansson. DOI: 10.1093/jat/22.1.45. Accessed on 18 Jan 2023 via <nowiki>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9491968/</nowiki></ref> (See '''Figure 1'''). Their [[Legality of Psilocybin Worldwide|legality]] varies across the globe. | ||
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