Chapter 1022 Mushrooms
Li Yue stayed in Africa. To be more precise, she stayed in Benin and lived with a Bariba witch doctor, becoming his seventh wife.
This incident made Xiao Peng feel a little unbelievable.
Xiao Peng has also been to Benin, and now he still has a lot of Beninese coins in his pocket.
Benin also uses the West African CFA franc as its official currency. The West African CFA franc can be issued in all countries where it is commonly used and looks exactly the same. The only difference is that a code is used on it to distinguish which country these currencies belong to.
Why did Xiao Peng collect the Benin CFA franc? It's because Benin issued a set of West African franc commemorative coins from 2010 to 2011, which were called "the most beautiful coins in the world."
The coins, all made of copper-nickel alloy, include a silver coin with a green Christmas pine tree pattern; a silver tea rose coin with green leaves and red flowers; a lily of the valley coin with creamy flowers and green leaves; and a marijuana leaf coin.
Printing drugs on currency shows how weird this country is.
However, the relationship between Benin and China is quite good. When Gambia claimed that it would "occupy the entire territory of China", China did not say anything, but Benin spoke first; if Gambia wants to send 1,000 soldiers to attack China, we will send 2,000 soldiers to occupy Gambia - Benin has the confidence to say this, as their country has an army of 5,000 people!
The most interesting thing about Benin is that the state religion here is "Voodoo". Many people may not understand this name, but if you put it another way, you will know it: Voodoo.
Every January 10th, a 'Voodoo Festival' is held here, and 'Voodoo' enthusiasts from all over the world come to the city of Ouidah in Benin. Various 'Voodoo' items can be seen everywhere in Benin.
Anyone who has played the game "World of Warcraft" must know the troll race in it, such as the Zandalari trolls. When the game designers designed that race, they largely referred to the lives of the Benin people.
"In fact, I don't know what's going on." Walter said to Xiao Peng: "Kasin's condition is not very good. It seems that Li Yue likes the kind of peaceful and carefree life. She thinks that is what she wants."
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines. Well, there was nothing he could say about this matter. After all, everyone pursues a different attitude towards life, right?
Walter continued: “And I heard that Li Yue must eat mushrooms every day now.”
"Mushrooms?" Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this, but he quickly recovered: "Hallucinogenic mushrooms?"
Walter nodded. "I just don't know if it's Psilocybin or Amanita. If it's the latter... your compatriots might..."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng fell silent.
What are hallucinogenic mushrooms? As the name suggests, they are hallucinogenic mushrooms. They can be broadly divided into two categories. Psilocybin-containing mushrooms are relatively mild, while Amanita mushrooms are the hardest hit, with stronger hallucinogenic effects and unpredictable neurological effects.
People who have played the game "Super Mario" are very impressed by the fact that Mario can grow bigger by eating red mushrooms. The spotted mushrooms are the fly agarics in the genus Amanita. In "Alice in Wonderland", Alice also ate this kind of mushroom to make her body grow bigger and smaller.
When it comes to eating mushrooms, we have to mention the people of Yunnan in Daxia.
Almost every province in China has its own signature food, and Yunnan Province’s specialty is mushrooms.
However, eating mushrooms in Yunnan is different from eating mushrooms in other places. There are only two kinds of mushrooms in Yunnan. One is wild mushrooms, which they call mushrooms; and as for the other commonly eaten mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, and enoki mushrooms, they are collectively called "artificial mushrooms". Such mushrooms do not deserve names for them.
They also pay attention to "three things" when eating mushrooms: the mushroom variety must be ripe; the mushrooms must be cooked; and the route to the hospital must be familiar.
Every year, when it rains, wild mushrooms sprout up in Yunnan's mountains, and the locals begin their annual mushroom poisoning contest. After ingesting them, they experience all sorts of hallucinations: seeing dragons, rowing boats on sofas, running to the hospital clutching their heads and claiming they're a cup of milk tea, asking the doctor to be gentler or they'll spill it...
Anyway, that period of time definitely brought endless joy to netizens.
According to local people in Yunnan, if you have never eaten poisonous mushrooms in Yunnan, you have not really been to Yunnan, nor have you eaten mushrooms, let alone called yourself a Yunnan native.
The most common type of mushroom poisoning in Yunnan is the so-called "Jian Shou Qing." As the name suggests, this mushroom is easy to identify and can cause poisoning if you pinch it.
Although it is easy to distinguish, Yunnan people still risk poisoning because this mushroom is so delicious! In Yunnan, the price of green mushroom is much more expensive than shredded beef!
Here's a little bit of information: Not all so-called "Jian Shou Qing" mushrooms are poisonous. "Jian Shou Qing" is a general term used by Yunnanese people to refer to several species of Boletaceae mushrooms. While they look similar, locals often call them "Pink Jian Shou," "Yellow Jian Shou," "Purple Jian Shou," "Black Jian Shou," and so on. These categories can be further subdivided, such as "Black Jian Shou," which can be further divided into several varieties, such as the brown boletus and the brown-capped boletus.
Most porcini mushrooms are edible.
So which species of "Jian Shou Qing" are poisonous and cause hallucinations? They are the species containing psilocybin. For example, the ornate boletus from the so-called "Yellow Jian Shou" mushroom contains psilocybin, but the fuchsia boletus, also known as "Yellow Jian Shou," is a highly edible mushroom. The two mushrooms look almost identical, and this often leads to accidental poisoning.
The toxicity of this type of poisonous mushroom containing psilocybin is relatively mild, and at most it will cause hallucinations. However, the toxicity of Amanita mushrooms is much more severe, not only causing hallucinations, but some species can even cause death if eaten.
In the 1960s and 1970s, when the hippie movement was popular, hallucinogens were all the rage, and hallucinogenic mushrooms became the hippies' favorite natural hallucinogen.
Regardless of which of these two mushrooms, they are considered drugs in China. Many people are now obtaining Jianshouqing (Jian Shou Qing) from Yunnan and selling them online. This is a standard offense and is legally classified as "drug trafficking." They are collectively known as "hallucinogenic mushrooms." Eating them is also addictive!
In fact, not only in China, but also in many states in the United States, the sale of this thing is now prohibited. A series of laws in Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark and other countries prohibit the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Benin is a country where voodoo is prevalent. For the wizards here, the hallucinations produced by eating hallucinogenic mushrooms fits in with the teachings of their "voodoo", so hallucinogenic mushrooms are still very popular there.
Has Li Yue become a drug addict?
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