Amanita Gummies: A Poison-Control-First Plan for an Unexpected Reaction

By HealthDataConsortium.org Research Team

The short answer: if you or someone with you has a worrying reaction after eating an Amanita gummy, contact Poison Control right away at 1-800-222-1222 (US). Poison Control says the service is free, confidential, and available around the clock, and your call goes to the poison center that serves your area. If the person collapses, has a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, call 911 instead. Then use the emergency-information card below so you can answer the questions the specialist is going to ask.

This article is not a guide to using these products, and it does not give dose, timing, or driving advice. It covers one narrow job: what to gather and whom to contact when a reaction is not what someone expected.

Why Poison Control comes first

Poison Control's guidance is to get help immediately when you suspect a poisoning, not to wait for symptoms to develop. It also says no call is too small. Its phone specialists are nurses and pharmacists who walk you through what to do based on your specific situation (Poison Control: get help online or by phone).

Poison Control also offers an online tool, but it describes that tool as designed for unintentional poisonings. If you're not sure which route fits, the phone line lets you talk it through with a person.

Why the label may not tell you what was in the gummy

“Amanita” on a package doesn't guarantee what's inside. In a CDC report from Virginia, investigators bought gummies from local gas stations and smoke shops and tested them. The brands the patients had eaten weren't available, so investigators bought brands that listed the same ingredients. Four of the six packages (from five brands) contained psilocybin or psilocin that was not on the label. Other unlabeled substances turned up too, including caffeine, ephedrine, and mitragynine, a compound found in kratom (CDC MMWR, July 18, 2024).

Here is what the label said and what the lab identified for three gummies that listed Amanita ingredients, plus one comparison. Brand names are left out on purpose.

• Label listed: muscimol, ibotenic acid, muscarine, and Amanita extracts. Lab identified: psilocybin, psilocin, hordenine, and 2-phenethylamine.
• Label listed: fly agaric extract and hemp-derived extract. Lab identified: ephedrine.
• Label listed: Amanita extract, blue lotus extract, and several functional mushrooms. Lab identified: psilocin, DMT, caffeine, and mitragynine.
• Comparison: a gummy that listed only functional mushrooms and hemp extract had none of the substances the lab looked for detected.

The takeaway is that results varied and the label was not a reliable guide. The testing method in that report could not look for muscimol, ibotenic acid, or muscarine, and the authors note that a negative result does not prove a compound is absent. The CDC authors also note that mushroom gummy intoxication can look like cannabis intoxication, and that routine urine drug screens usually don't detect these substances.

That is why the card below asks for the exact product details and also asks you to say you are unsure the label matches the contents.

Emergency-information card: what to gather before or during the call

Poison Control lists the questions its specialists ask. This card follows that list. Screenshot it or copy it into your notes. If you don't know something, write “unknown.” Poison Control specifically says not to estimate, guess, or assume amounts or weights.

1. Product and packaging. Write the exact product name as printed on the label, the strength or amount per gummy if listed, the full ingredient list, and how many gummies the full package holds. Have the package within reach during the call. A photo of the front and back is a practical backup.
2. Amount. Write how many gummies were eaten, or “unknown.” If you know the full package count and how many remain, write both numbers.
3. Timing. Write when the gummy was eaten, when symptoms began, and how long they have lasted.
4. The person. Write exact age, weight (don't guess), health conditions, allergies, and every medicine they take.
5. Symptoms right now. Write what is happening, and tell the specialist immediately if the person is unconscious or having trouble breathing. In the CDC's Virginia cases, adults who ate gummies labeled as Amanita had a fast heart rate, confusion, anxiety or sleepiness, and nausea, and one reported chest pain. CDC's list from its investigation of Diamond Shruumz products, which contained several different substances and not only Amanita compounds, also includes hallucinations, uncontrolled movements, vomiting, abdominal pain, flushed skin, and high or low blood pressure. It names seizures, decreased consciousness, and respiratory failure as severe effects (CDC outbreak investigation page, reviewed August 11, 2026).
6. Anything else taken. Write alcohol, cannabis, THC or hemp products, other supplements, medicines, and any other “mushroom” or “nootropic” product, with names and times. Product contents can differ from labels: the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health notes that some cannabis and cannabinoid products contain amounts that differ substantially from what's stated (NCCIH). This article does not try to say which combinations are dangerous. That is a question for the poison specialist or a pharmacist.
7. Who is calling. Write your name, your phone number, your address or location, and your relationship to the person. Poison Control uses the number to call back if you're disconnected and to follow up.
8. Numbers. Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 (US). Emergency: 911.

What documented cases look like

Between September and November 2023, a Virginia poison center managed four adults who intentionally ate gummies labeled as Amanita and were evaluated in an emergency department. All four were discharged within 12 hours. In June 2024, the same poison center managed a 3-year-old who accidentally ate two Amanita-labeled gummies. The child was hospitalized with sleepiness and vomiting and went home the next day (CDC MMWR).

At a larger scale, CDC reported 180 illnesses, 73 hospitalizations, and 2 associated deaths across 34 states from January through October 2024. These involved Diamond Shruumz chocolates, cones, and gummies, which were recalled, plus some other mushroom chocolate products. FDA testing found muscimol in some of those products but not all, and found other substances as well. Muscimol alone did not explain all of the reported symptoms (CDC).

What this evidence can't tell you

• The Virginia report covers a handful of cases and a small sample of products. It is not a measure of how common problems are.
• The national investigation involved products from one brand under recall. Do not assume every product behaves the same way.
• The NCCIH page is about cannabis. It does not address Amanita, and the page was last updated in 2019.
• No article can tell you whether a particular reaction is serious. Only a poison specialist or clinician with your details can.

Who should get professional help

• Anyone with symptoms after eating one of these products. CDC's guidance is to seek immediate medical attention or call the Poison Help Line.
• Anyone who may have eaten it by accident, especially a child. CDC advises storing mushroom, THC, and CBD edibles away from children, who may mistake them for candy.
• Anyone who takes prescription or over-the-counter medicines. A pharmacist can help sort out interactions. Our pharmacist and prescriber conversation checklist is written for cannabis and CBD products, but the habit of bringing an organized list of everything you take carries over.
• Anyone thinking about using one of these products again. CDC advises against consuming edibles that claim to produce euphoria, hallucinations, or psychedelic effects, because they may contain undisclosed ingredients. Talk with your own clinician first.

What to do next

1. Call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) or 911 as described at the top.
2. Follow the specialist's instructions, not general advice from an article.
3. After the situation is handled, CDC encourages people to report adverse events from these products to FDA's MedWatch program.
4. Tell your own clinician what happened.

For background on how these gummies are marketed and what to look for on a label, see our earlier Amanita muscaria gummies guide, published in March 2026. That guide includes an affiliate disclosure, and this article does not. If the guide differs from Poison Control on what to do after a bad reaction, follow Poison Control.

Sources

Sources checked October 2, 2026.

• Poison Control (National Capital Poison Center): Get help online or by phone
• Poison Control home page
• CDC, MMWR Notes from the Field: Schedule I Substances Identified in Nootropic Gummies Containing Amanita muscaria or Other Mushrooms, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2023-2024 (July 18, 2024)
• CDC, Severe Illness Potentially Associated with Consuming Diamond Shruumz Brand Chocolate Bars, Cones, and Gummies (reviewed August 11, 2026)
• NCCIH, Cannabis (Marijuana) and Cannabinoids: What You Need To Know (last updated November 2019)

HealthDataConsortium.org is an independent analytical publication. It is not a medical practice, and this article has not been clinically or peer reviewed. It is for general information only and is not medical advice. In an emergency, call 911 or Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.