Mushroom linked to hallucinations of tiny people identified

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScientists have identified the mushroom behind reports of people seeing dozens or even hundreds of tiny, colorful humans, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHundreds. I can't get two plumbers to turn up.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's called Lanmaoa asiatica, and the cases come from China and the Philippines. People have reported this after eating wild mushrooms for nearly a century.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe figures are three to thirty centimeters tall, and about ninety percent look like elves, clowns or fairies in bright clothes.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo it's a very small circus nobody booked.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn one account, little people leapt from a spoon into the soup and swam around.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the symptoms start twelve to twenty-four hours after eating, then last up to three days. You can't even send the tiny clowns home after dinner.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe study's author says they're not walking through walls or anything. So they're respecting the house rules.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLocals call it Jian shou qing, which means turns blue in the hand.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFrankly, if my lunch turned blue in my hand, I'd stop there.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree days, hospital, tiny clowns. I've had worse houseguests, and they were all full size.