Talk:Teonanácatl

merging Teonanácatl
I think the psychedelic mushroom page might be a more appropriate merge candidate for Teonanácatl than the the psilocybe page, since the psilocybe page is appropriately more focused on the botanical aspects of psilocybes, while the psychedelic mushroom page specifically addresses the use of psilocybes for their psychedelic properties and already references Teonanácatl.

Should the History and Ethnography section of the psilocybe page be merged into or at least included in the psychedelic mushroom page? Probably both the psilocybe page and the psychedelic mushroom page need a "History" section which will overlap heavily.

We're always going to have overlap between the psychedelic mushroom and the psilocybe page, but as discussed on the psychedelic mushroom talk page, I think it sensible to maintain both pages. --Erasurehead 13:01, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Did the Aztecs use any other kind of mushroom than psilocybes? If so, did they also call them teonanácatl? —Keenan Pepper 16:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The Aztecs used other kinds of mushrooms as food, however, Psilocybe were the only kind of halluinogenic mushrooms they used. Peter G Werner 03:27, 18 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I suggest expanding this article and making it the breakout "Main article" for Psilocybe. See History of Portugal for a good example of how breakout articles are incorporated within a larger topic. (This should only remain as a "breakout" page if there's enough material for an article longer than would be too much material for the "Psilocybe: History and Ethnography" article section. As it stands, the latter article is longer than the "Teonanacatl" article.) Peter G Werner 03:27, 18 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The problem with this idea is that it ignores Amanita Muscaria, which is not, as you know, a psilocybe, but is a magic mushroom. Erasurehead 19:15, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't understand how that's a problem. According to Peter G Werner above, Teonanácatl never referred to A. muscaria. —Keenan Pepper 23:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


 * hmmm, you are correct, of course. When I wrote that I was thinking in the larger scheme of expanding and making Teonanácatl a breakout which would make a lot of the psychedelic mushroom article redundant but not superfluous, since the psychedelic mushroom article documents use of teonanácatl and a.muscaria.Erasurehead 23:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)