Namaste,
I have passion for researching psychedelics and in one of the videos I have seen it's mentioned that Brahmins are prohibited from eating mushrooms in Mahabharata. This is probably why not even one Brahmin friend of mine eats mushrooms.

Considering magic mushrooms give lots of insights into things which normal human mind can't think or comprehend, I wonder what politicking happened between mushrooms and Brahmins.

Also Kalidasa used mushroom in Meghadutam

कर्तुं यच्च प्रभवति महीमुच्छिलीन्ध्रामवन्ध्यां

“You are capable of making that ground fertile and make mushrooms sprout from it.” (Source: http://swarajyamag.com/culture/the-w...at-is-sanskrit)

I don't think a great poet like Kalidasa would use normal mushrooms in his poetry. They are not beautiful like flowers so he must be talking about magic mushrooms or something similar.

Does anyone know such references to mushrooms in Mahabharata or any other work..even in some Puranas?

Regards,
realdemigod