Phoenix Park

There are over 4000 species of mushroom in Ireland and we know little about a lot of the species ad their properties. There are over 8 species know to cause halluonogenic effect in Ireland and they may have been used by our ancestors to create some hallucinogenic rock art swirls.


How they are used
Magic mushrooms are small hallucinogenic mushrooms which grow in Ireland. You can eat them raw, dried, cooked or stewed. Psilocybe and Amanita Muscaria are the two most common varieties but they are different types of mushroom with different effects

Psilocybe mushrooms (psilocybe semilanceata, psilocybin)

Short-term effects:

• Effects vary and begin 30 minutes to two hours after you take them
• Effects and can last up to nine hours
• Your experience depends on how you are feeling when you take them so it may be good or bad
• They can distort colour, sound and objects
• They can speed up and slow down time and movement
• They can make you feel more creative and enlightened
• You may feel sick, tired and disorientated

Amanita mushrooms(A muscaria and A pantherina, panther cap, amani agaric, fly agaric).

Short-term effects:

• You will start to feel the effects after 30 minutes, and peak after 2-3 hours
• Powerful hallucinations
• Amanita can give a sort of out of body experience, you may ‘smell words’ and ‘taste colours’
• Alcohol-like euphoria
• Deep sleep with vivid dreams
• Slurred speech and poor coordination
• Convulsions, muscle twisting
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea

Long-term effects

• Flashbacks
• Anxiety