They're red and white and, according to experts, it's no coincidence that they resemble Santa Claus. The Amanita muscaria, also called the fly agaric mushroom, is a psychoactive toadstool that's ...

Known in German as glcklicher pilz or gluckspilz (which literally means “lucky mushroom”), the red-and-white speckled fungi grow deep in the forest. Its real name is Amanita muscaria or fly ...

The red-and-white bulb we call the mushroom is really just the fruit. The rest of the fungus is underground, forming a network of filaments called mycelia that worms its way into the roots of trees.

They're red and white and, according to experts, it's no coincidence that they resemble Santa Claus. "Whoa, it's about shaman taking psychedelic mushrooms," he said without looking up from his ...