Magic mushrooms are hallucinogenic drugs, meaning they can cause you to see, hear, and feel sensations that seem real but are not. The effects of magic mushrooms, however, are highly variable and believed to be influenced by environmental factors.Shrooms have a long history of being associated with spiritual experiences and self-discovery. Many believe that naturally occurring drugs like magic mushrooms, weed, and mescaline are sacred herbs that enable people to attain superior spiritual states. Others take magic mushrooms to experience a sense of euphoria, connection, and a distorted sense of time.The psilocybin found in shrooms is converted to psilocin in the body and is believed to influence serotonin levels in the brain, leading to altered and unusual perceptions. The effects take 20 to 40 minutes to begin and can last up to 6 hours the same amount of time it takes for psilocin to be metabolized and excreted.Magic mushrooms are a variety of mushroom known for producing strong psychedelic effects when ingested. Mushrooms are a fungus, meaning they grow from spores that establish mycelium networks in the ground or decaying plant material, such as old logs. When the conditions are just right, a fungus will bloom similar to a flower. These blooms are the mushrooms that we harvest.The most common varieties of psychoactive mushrooms fall under the Psilocybin genus. This genus encompasses over 200 varieties of mushrooms, all of which contain psilocybin, the main active compound responsible for producing psychoactive effects. There are other varieties of mushrooms which also produce psychedelic effects, such as the fly amanita, for example. However, Psilocybin mushrooms are by far the most common. On average, a single mushroom will contain between 0.2 to 0.4% Psilocybin.Today, magic mushrooms are still treasured for their powerful psychoactive effects, producing euphoria, altered thinking processes, hallucinations, synesthesia, an altered perception of time, and more. The main active compounds in magic mushrooms are psilocybin and psilocin. Some species of mushrooms also contain other, weaker psychoactive compounds, such as baeocystin and norbaeocystin.When psilocybin is ingested, it is broken down into in psilocin, which is responsible for producing the main psychedelic effects associated with a mushroom trip. Psilocin has multiple effects on the human brain.