Shroom Slang: Different Names For Magic Mushrooms

When it comes to psychedelic mushrooms, there’s plenty of different slang for shrooms when describing their effects on the human experience.

Here’s a list of commonly used shroom slang:

Slang Words Mushrooms

• Shrooms 
• Mushies 
• Caps 
• Boomers
• Pizza toppings
• Alice
• Buttons
• Champiñones
• Hongos
• Tweezes
• Golden Caps (strain)
• Penis Envy (strain)
• Blue Meanies (strain)

Shroom Slang

Tripping : a state of mind brought on by experiencing a different state of consciousness, mostly through vast changes in perception, senses and thought patterns

Flipping: a term used to describe when different psychedelic substances are mixed together

Hippie Flipping: mixing magic mushrooms with MDMA

Candy Flipping: mixing magic mushrooms with LSD (acid)

Kitty Flipping: mixing magic mushrooms with Ketamine

Visuals: the reality distortions and hallucinations experienced through your visual—and cognitive—senses after a psychedelic dosage

Ego Death: the perceived loss of boundaries between self and environment

Good Trip: a “trip” that one experiences as positive, healing, and often therapeutic; hallucinations resulting from a good trip often involve a sense of euphoria, connectedness, and love

Bad Trip: a “trip” that goes from peace and  oneness  to pure horror and evil; hallucinations resulting from a bad trip often involve monsters, horrifying scenes, and paranoia/anxiety

Shroom Stomach: a feeling of nausea, cramping, or other discomfort in the stomach caused by the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms

Microdose: a smaller dose of magic mushrooms (usually 0.1g to 0.5g) taken with the intent to experience a slight sense of euphoria without the full experience of “tripping”

Heroic Dose: a very large quantity of magic mushrooms (usually over 5g), that results in a powerful, intense psychedelic experience; often results in what users refer to as an “ego death”

Set & Setting: the “set” is the state of mind one brings to the trip, and its factors include, current state of mind, previous drug experiences, and mood; the “setting” refers to the surrounding events and time. These include other people present, location, time of day, and surrounding sounds (like music).

Intention(s): the act of going into a psychedelic experience with a list (mental or physical) of topics, subjects, and ideas one would like to dive deeper into (i.e. “I would like to explore my depression towards work.”)

Integration: taking time by yourself or with others to have an open dialogue around your psychedelic experience; often happens directly after a “trip” or within the days/weeks following the experience

It’s important to know the shroom slang when it comes to magic mushrooms. Sometimes, not understanding what someone means can be a major setback in your psychedelic journey.

We hope this list of magic mushroom slang helps and comment below with any lingo we may have missed!