Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like Hallucinations

This article explores the newly identified mushroom, Lanmaoa asiatica, known to cause unique "lilliputian hallucinations," where individuals perceive tiny people. The phenomenon has been observed independently across distant cultures, including Papua New Guinea, China (where it's called "Jian shou qing"), and the Philippines ("Sedesdem"). Research at the Natural History Museum of Utah is ongoing to identify the unknown psychoactive compound responsible for these bizarre effects and to map the evolutionary history of Lanmaoa species.