Psychoactive Amanitas are mushrooms which contain the psychoactive chemicals ibotenic acid and muscimol.

For over thousands of years it has been used by shamans, witchdoctors and priests throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. They used it mainly for religious purposes such as healing, receiving prophecies, summoning spirits, communication with ancestors and perceiving divine immortality.

It has been suggested that this mushroom was at the source of (if not all, then at least most of) the major religions, and in symbolized form it occurs often in many folk tales and alchemical texts. It was also used recreationally and by warriors for acquiring courage for battle.

They have a long history of use in Asia and Northern Europe. The Vikings used Amanita muscaria to enter the beserker state for battle. The Icelandic name for the fly agaric contains the word berserk in it.

The dried mushroom comes packed in 12.5 gram amounts and they are cured at source and dried at around 170 C-200 C in ovens.