Was Santa Claus really a mushroom?
You’ve probably heard the stories from your most enthusiastic psychonaut friends; the famous red and white spotted mushroom fly agaric, or Amanita muscaria to use its proper name, is the reason Santa wears his red and white costume, or that these distinctive shrooms are the reason reindeer fly. How much truth is in this story, and the countless others that are connected to the curious toadstool we all know and love?
