title: Mushroom madness. Psychoactive fungi and the risk of fatal poisoning.
abstract: Despite its illegality, mushroom use as a hallucinogen is widespread. The reported toxicity of hallucinogenic mushrooms ranges from significant to relatively harmless. The greatest danger lies in the potential for mistaking a highly poisonous variety that contains cyclopeptides for the relatively innocuous hallucinogenic varieties.
mesh_terms: D000545:Amanita; D001487:Basidiomycota; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006801:Humans; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D009656:North America; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens