| Lanmaoa asiatica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Lanmaoa |
| Species: | L. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lanmaoa asiatica G.Wu & Zhu L.Yang (2015) | |
Lanmaoa asiatica is a species of bolete mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It is reddish in color [1] and it is an ectomycorrhizal symbiote of the Yunnan Pine, Pinus yunnanensis . It is notable for its lilliputian hallucinations. It is considered a choice wild edible [1] mushroom in Yunnan (southwestern China) and [2] northern Cordillera (Philippines), where it is known as Jiànshǒuqīng (Chinese :见手青; lit.'see-hand-blue', as the flesh turns blue when exposed to air) [a] and Sedesdem respectively. [3]
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Both Chinese and Filipino locals believe that the mushroom is less hallucinogenic when cooked thoroughly. [3] Yunnanese restaurants have developed a complete system of cooking and serving standards (which includes a ban on consuming alcoholic drinks with the mushroom) to minimize poisoning, with some establishments going further to make sure to always leave a sample of the mushrooms for analysis. The local government also sends short messages during mushroom season to warn about the potential for toxicity. [4] Nevertheless, poisoning outbreaks remain common and have become a specialty of local hospitals. [5]
Chemical and genomic analyses have shown that the Lanmaoa asiatica does not contain any known psychoactive compounds such as psilocybin or muscimol. It is likely that there is a yet-unknown hallucinogenic compound waiting to be discovered in this species. [3]
