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    Some other unrelated plants also resemble Lophophora

      Astrophytum asterias

      This is not a cactus but a Euphorbia

      monstrose Coryphantha poselgeriana
      normal and monstrose siblings
      Matucana madisoniorum
      5-year old seedling
      Matucana madisoniorum
      unusual white flower form
      Matucana madisoniorum
      collected by Paul C. Hutchison
      Matucana madisoniorum
      collected by Paul C. Hutchison

      Both Astrophytum asterias and Matucana madisoniorum are mistakenly rumored in the lay press to be hallucinogenic.
         Astrophytum asterias was shown by Martin Terry's research group to contain no alkaloids. (unpublished research)
         Using Hutchison material provided by one of Hutchison's former students, Alexander T. Shulgin found that Matucana madisoniorum contains no alkaloids. (unpublished research)




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