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Giorgio Samorini (born 1957 in Bologna, Italy) is a psychedelics researcher. He has published many essays and monographs regarding the use of psychoactive compounds and sacred plants. He was a frequent contributor to, and sometime editor of Eleusis the Journal of Psychoactive Plants & Compounds.
Ethnomycology is the study of the historical uses and sociological impact of fungi and can be considered a subfield of ethnobotany or ethnobiology. Although in theory the term includes fungi used for such purposes as tinder, medicine and food, it is often used in the context of the study of psychoactive mushrooms such as psilocybin mushrooms, the Amanita muscaria mushroom, and the ergot fungus.
Aeruginascin or N,N,N-trimethyl-4-phosphoryloxytryptamine is an indoleamine derivative which occurs naturally within the mushroom Inocybe aeruginascens and Pholiotina cyanopus. Aeruginascin is the N-trimethyl analogue of psilocybin. It is closely related to the frog skin toxin bufotenidine (5-HTQ), a potent 5-HT3 receptor agonist.
Psilocybe fagicola is a species of psychedelic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae native to Mexico. The type specimen for the species was collected in 1959 in a beech forest in Hidalgo, Mexico.
Psilocybe heliconiae is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe inconspicua is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.
Psilocybe jaliscana is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. This mushroom may contain the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe laurae is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe lazoi is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe mairei is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco and contains the medicinal compound psilocybin. The oldest example of rock art suggesting use of psychedelic mushrooms might depict P. mairei. In 1992, the Italian ethnobotanist Giorgio Samorini reported finding a painted mural from Tassili n'Ajjer, in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria dated 7000 to 9000 BCE portraying mushrooms, later tentatively identified as P. mairei.
Psilocybe mammillata is an extremely rare species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe meridensis is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe natarajanii is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe sierrae is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compounds psilocybin and psilocin. This species is found in Oregon, British Columbia and Chile.
Psilocybe subpsilocybioides is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe subtropicalis is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science by mycologist and Psilocybe authority Gastón Guzmán in 1995.
Psilocybe uruguayensis is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe uxpanapensis is a species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Mexican mycologist Gastón Guzmán described this mushroom in 1979 as a novel species: the first hallucinogenic mushroom to be discovered in an undisturbed tropical forest. Psilocybe uxpanapensis is one of the many tropical species of fungi in Mexico at risk of disappearing due to deforestation.
Psilocybe venenata is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.
Psilocybe zapotecoantillarum is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The mushroom contains the medicinal compound psilocybin. It is in the section Zapotecorum of the genus Psilocybe, other members of this section include Psilocybe muliercula, Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata, Psilocybe aucklandii, Psilocybe collybioides, Psilocybe kumaenorum, Psilocybe zapotecorum, Psilocybe kumaenorum, Psilocybe subcaerulipes, Psilocybe pintonii, Psilocybe moseri, Psilocybe zapotecocaribaea, and Psilocybe antioquiensis.
