The mushroom that funded the first European voyage to America 🍄💰
In 1492 Columbus carried dried “Agaricus” mushrooms as trade goods. Spanish explorers later brought back Psilocybe knowledge, but the real money mushroom was the one that became the first New World export: dried boletes and morels traded for gold.
Fungi helped discover the Americas.
What’s your wildest “mushrooms changed history” fact?
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