magic mushroom


noun

a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.

Origin of magic mushroom

First recorded in 1965–70

British Dictionary definitions for magic mushrooms

magic mushroom

noun

informal any of various types of fungi that contain a hallucinogenic substance, esp Psilocybe mexicana, which contains psilocybin