#MushroomMonday Psilocybe weraroa captured by alan_rockefeller :📸 Read on this a funky one. This "hallucinogenic pouch fungus" of New Zealand grows on rotting wood and contains psil*cybin but they stand apart from most of the mushroom cousins you may know and love in that this species is "secotioid" meaning they keep their spores in a closed cap, as opposed to dispersing them in the air through gills. Instead, they are spread, as stated by mycologist alan_rockefeller in a previous post, by insects and birds. 🍄 It turns out that mushrooms like these are linked to the potential of a temporary condition known as "wood lovers paralysis." It's rare but has been experienced by a number of individuals after eating select species of magic mushrooms that.. grow on wood, hence the name. Reports relay a phenomenon in which the user experiences a form of paralysis after ingesting them, more often in (but not limited to) the hands and legs. Dr. Sarah Present, MD, in a research paper titled: "W...