In India (Kerala state, near the village of Cheramanangad), there are megaliths in the form of mushrooms that are over 3000 years old, called “kudakallu” – “umbrella stones.”
In the Rigveda, about a thousand hymns are dedicated to the sacred intoxicating drink “soma,” which, according to researchers (R.G. Wasson, 1968), was prepared from red fly agarics. Ancient Indians believed that soma helped maintain health, prolonged life, and allowed the person consuming the drink to merge with the deity.