Psilocybin Mushrooms of Atlanta

The State of Georgia is home to some of the most beautiful and sacred mushrooms in the country. In Atlanta, we have numerous century-old hardwood trees that tower over our houses, streets, utilities, and more. When those trees are either cut down or fall, they are often processed into mulch and removed from city parks. This destructive act may be the sole reason Atlanta is the place to witness psilocybin mushrooms up close and personally. Psilocybin-containing mushrooms break down old dead trees in a matter of months. Within a year, your old chipped-up tree may be a pile of topsoil. Psychedelic mushrooms may be the ones carrying out that job for us.

After 12 years of foraging in Atlanta, GA, and Athens, GA, I (Josh Wayne) am beginning to glimpse the significance of psilocybe mushrooms, their lessons and teachings, and how we can integrate their lessons into our daily life. They teach us how to be better stewards for the earth. They teach us where we might be harming Mother Earth (Gaia) and what we can do to improve life for all living beings.

This content is for educational purposes only. We do not encourage you to pick mushrooms based on reading the content of this blog alone. Further, it may be illegal for you to forage these mushrooms if they are not required for your religious practice. Please schedule a discovery call to learn how you can safely and legally forage for these sacred mushrooms as part of your sincere religious practice.

Psilocybin-containing mushrooms native to Georgia:

Gymnopilus luteofolius (link)
Gymnopilus subspectabilis (link)
Inocybe insignis (link)
Panaeolus cinctulus (link)
Panaeolus cyanescens
Panaeolus fimicola (link)
Panaeolus olivaceus (link)
Panaeolus sp. (Panaeolopsis) (link)
Pluteus americanus (link)
Pluteus glaucotinctus group (link)
Psilocybe caerulescens (formerly known as P. weilii) (link)
Psilocybe caerulipes (link)
Psilocybe cubensis (link)
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (link, link)
Psilocybe tampanensis (formerly known as P. atlantis) (link) (P. atlantis holotype)

Credit: List credited to my friend Alan Rockefeller. See the list for the USA here.

This Photo combines a locally foraged psilocybe ovoideocistidiata with an AI rendering of our other sacred plant teachers. When we sit with plants and mushrooms, we realize their inherent beauty and divinity. Siting in mindful presence, we wake up to the Whole. (AI-generated content)

This blog will catalog the psilocybe mushrooms we encounter in the wild growing in Atlanta, GA. We do not encourage anyone to pick these mushrooms if they have not been certified to do so for their religious practice. There are deadly look likes, namely Galerina marginata which we will catalog as well.

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