Current use of holy mushrooms of the genus Psilocybe in a Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
IMA fungus 2025 Mara Ximena Haro-Luna, Felipe Ruan-Soto, Virginia Ramírez-Cruz et al. 2 citations
The use of psychoactive Psilocybe mushrooms as entheogens by the Mazatecs of Oaxaca became known to the world in 1957. While the Mazatec Region has been the focus of research, historical records indicate that other indigenous groups in Mexico, including the Zapotecs, also used these mushrooms for ceremonial and medicinal purposes. However, the linguistic, cultural and ecological diversity of...