sacred mushroom

noun

1. any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
2. a mescal button, used in a similar way

Example Sentences

Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, a famous chef on the Food Network, has referred to the morel as the “sacred mushroom.”

From Washington Times

Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, a famous chef on the Food Network, has referred to the morel as the “sacred mushroom.”

From Seattle Times

Either way, they have been used by shamans in religious ceremonies for thousands of years and thus are referred to by some as the sacred mushroom.

From Newsweek

The object of all this learned scorn was The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, which argues that Jesus was not a man but a hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria; that the New Testament was concocted by addicts of the mushroom as a code for their mystical lore; and that the God of Jews and Christians is ultimately nothing more than a magnificent phallic symbol.

From Time Magazine Archive

There in a forest cave he had found, he would chew a bit of the sacred mushroom Owl Carver had given him and restore his link with the spirit world by journeying with the White Bear.

From Project Gutenberg