Before then, it seemed these common fungi were considered as nothing more than uninteresting and inedible brown pests.
This first report was written by the physician Everard Brande in an article for The London Medical and Physical Journal after he was called to treat a family who had been acting strangely after inadvertently picking the mushrooms for their breakfast stew in London’s Green Park. Perhaps the most striking historical absence is the seeming unawareness of the effects of the ‘magic mushroom’ (Psilocybe semilanceata) until 1799. This is despite the fact that hallucinogenic plants are common and widespread throughout the country. In the history of Britain, hallucinogens have had a remarkably minor role in the social fabric of society. Traditionally, discussions of culture and mind-altering drugs focus on remote peoples and exotic locations, but it is worth starting by underlining how unusual our own culture is in terms of its acceptance and use of hallucinogenic substances.
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