Mushroom Behind 'Tiny People' Hallucinations Identified
Researchers have identified the specific mushroom species responsible for the bizarre 'tiny people' hallucinations reported by some foragers. The discovery sheds light on the compound that triggers these vivid visions, offering insight into how certain toxins affect the brain. The findings could help prevent accidental poisonings and inform future research on hallucinogenic substances.
The mushroom contains a compound that can cause a temporary state of psychosis, leading to hallucinations of small humanoid figures.
- yreg
The researchers seem pretty convinced that this mushroom causes the hallucinations yet they do not describe trying it out in an experiment.
Surely the most straightforward way is to undercook the mushrooms and run a blind controlled experiment where participants eat the shrooms and report on hallucinations.
What stopped them?
- yanhangyhy
its a hot online topic when talking about YunNan province of china.its a land of all kinds of mushrooms/(and bugs). If you eat mushroom hotpot in there, the waiter will lock the pot and put a timer on the table, before the time limit hit, you cannot open and eat..cooks long time helps reduce the chance of position.
this tv show ( meet youself, cast by Liu yifei, who also played Mulan(2020)) has a short part is about the 'tiny people': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jVoza_qE3ww
- ipsum2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46717442 previously.
- misja111
I bet there is some mushroom species in Europe as well that contains that substance. All those stories about dwarfs, trolls etc. and especially in woody area's, they must have come from somewhere.
- dash2
> One person told me that while they were eating soup, the little people were jumping off their spoon into the bowl and swimming around. As they scooped a bite, the little people remained in their mouth.
There’s definitely scope for a horror story here…