Psychedelic mushroom store

A psychedelic mushroom store, also known as a magic mushroom dispensary, is a retail outlet that sells hallucinogenic mushroom products. They are analogous to cannabis dispensaries. Spurred by the 21st-century psychedelic renaissance, by increasing societal acceptance of psilocybin mushrooms, and by loosening of regulations, psychedelic mushroom stores started to be opened and to gain popularity in the early 2020s in certain parts of the United States and Canada. There have also been earlier instances of such stores, for example in Europe in the 2000s. In addition, magic mushroom products are or have been sold by stores and cafes in other parts of the world.

The stores may sell actual hallucinogenic mushrooms such as psilocybin mushrooms and Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Additionally or alternatively, they may sell mushroom edible products such as chocolate bars, gummies, or drinks that contain hallucinogenic mushroom constituents like psilocybin or muscimol or that contain synthetic analogues of these compounds such as 4-AcO-DMT (O-acetylpsilocin; psilacetin). Some notable brands of mushroom edible products include PolkaDot and Tre House. Both psilocybin and 4-AcO-DMT are prodrugs of the serotonergic psychedelic psilocin. Psychedelic mushroom stores operate in a legal grey area and the products sold by these stores may be either illegal controlled substances (e.g., psilocybin mushrooms, psilocybin) or legal (e.g., Amanita muscaria mushrooms, 4-AcO-DMT) depending on the product ingredients and jurisdiction.