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Amanita muscaria
Pretty and dangerous: "...Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol....". Muscimol is a psychoactive alkaloid with potent agonist activity for the GABA receptors. It consequently causes sedative-hypnotic effects.
Meerdaelbos, Belgium.
Spotted on Nov 30, 2013
Submitted on Nov 30, 2013
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