R. Gordon Wasson’s scientific contributions

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Publications (1)


Seeking the Magic Mushroom
  • Article

January 1957

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44 Reads

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185 Citations

Life (Chicago, Ill.: 1978)

R. Gordon Wasson

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... 17 Shortly after, their experience was narrated in the photo essay "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" published in Life magazine, which brought widespread attention to this phenomenon. 7 In 1957, Wasson and his wife were accompanied on a follow-up expedition by French mycologist Roger Heim, who correctly identified several of the mushrooms as species of Psilocybe. Heim cultivated the mushrooms in France and sent a sample of dried Psilocybe mexicana to Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. ...

Reference:

Psilocybin and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
Seeking the Magic Mushroom
  • Citing Article
  • January 1957

Life (Chicago, Ill.: 1978)