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Wildcrafted and organically grown Latvian strain Grade "A" Amanita muscaria v. muscaria mushrooms. This is our most popular strain of Amanitas, partly due to the consistency in the crop and the supply, year after year.  These specimens are, of course, caps only, just like all the mushrooms we offer here, regardless of the strain or variety.  We constantly rotate our crops each year; since we've been doing this for so long, we know exactly how many to get each year, ensuring that the Amanitas you receive will be as fresh as the most recent harvest.

Also known as the Fly Agaric, these dried mushroom caps are yellow to red in color and speckeled with white. Amanita muscaria var. muscaria (Fly Agaric) is perhaps the most fascinating plant on this beautiful planet: It has been accused of being everything from the fruit that Adam & Eve ate in the Garden of Eden, to the true origin of Christmas and his flying reindeer, to the inspiration for countless religious sects including Buddhism, Hinduism, and even Christianity. The Amanita has a history unlike any other mushroom, yet has been veiled in mystery for thousands of years. Could this be the ancient Soma that Gordon Wasson talks about? Could Jesus have been a mystic who's visions were a result of Amanita muscaria intoxication? Did Moses have a mystical Soma experience on the mountain? Does the fact that Amanita muscaria caps were later replaced with parasols in Indian art, and the fact that the Sanskrit word for Amanita muscaria and parasol is the exact same word have any significance? Can the remaining Amanita cults in Siberia, or the Inuit and Wapaq Tribes provide us with vital clues to the mystery surrounding the true identity of Soma being the Fly Agaric?.

These dried caps are sold for their historical and ethnobotanical interest only and are not for human consumption; they are listed as a poison by the FDA.