Multiple choice

Psychoactive substances affect the brain functioning, causing changes in behavior, mood and consciousness. Which of the following is a psychoactive basidiomycete fungus?

  1. Destroying angel

  2. Fly agaric

  3. Jack-o'-lantern mushroom

  4. Beefsteak fungus

  5. Typhula

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Fly agaric is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus.The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture.