Qi Last Night, Urgut??

[ToraToraTora]

mentioned on QI, some sort of natural hallucinogen but I cannot find any reference to it so I probably spelt it wrong, any ideas?

[jackthehat]

Ergot

[jim360]

Ergot?

[ToraToraTora]

yeah that's it, cheers

[hc4361]

Magic mushroom

[ToraToraTora]

is Ergot=Magic mushrooms then?

[jackthehat]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot

[hc4361]

As it's a mushroom and it's hallucinogenic I'd say so

[jackthehat]

The things most commonly called "Magic Mushrooms" are these;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushroom

[Old_Geezer]

Magic mushrooms contain psilocybin.

I believe ergot are different fungi.

[Sqad]

St Antony's Fire.


http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14891

[Aquariel]

It's a fungus that grows on wheat. Ergot was what Dr. Albert Hofmann was working with when he 'discovered' LSD by accident back in the 1940s. It's a fascinating story.