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A few years ago the Dutch government decided it wanted to make psylocibin mushroom illegal again. Only when they wrote the law they forgot one specific latin na
by AndyMcConachie 4y ago
A few years ago the Dutch government decided it wanted to make psylocibin mushroom illegal again. Only when they wrote the law they forgot one specific latin name of a mushroom containing psylocibin. Thus, the shops kept selling that specific mushroom and calling them truffles.
I don't know why the shops started calling them truffles. Perhaps it was yet another way to get around the laws of selling mushrooms.
- cr1895 4y agoThat’s not quite accurate. It’s not a particular mushroom which they forgot to ban. They are sclerotia, and there are lots of varieties. I don’t know where the name truffle came about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerotium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerotium