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Infected Mushroom started up, in Nahariya, Northern Israel, at the end of 1989 as a goth/punk oriented band, heavily influenced by early 80s bands in terms of musical style and look. Within a few gigs their look and style changed considerably into something a lot less serious, reflecting their absurdist, farcical outlook on life: the music became a lot more chaotic and disharmonic, the bands wardrobe suddenly acquired a multitude of colourful tights, old 70s glam shirts and almost every gig would see their faces heavily made up all in the worst possible taste.Sometime in 1990 their first live studio recording was made by a friend and changed absolutely nothing in their status as an unknown, almost unlistenable band from the North of Israel. Around two years later they were offered to participate on a compilation CD that was being put together by Israeli producer, at the same time the band had had the idea of recording a commercial song under a different name and decided to record that particular song for the CD. Recording a pop song proved a big mistake, although the CD was a big success and sold over 4 copies.In 1993 Infected Mushroom were given the opportunity to express themselves on 4-track by an alien named Boris Swissa, who used to be the life-force behind the infamous band Sharmuta Meofefet BaHarim (Slut Flying in the Mountains). At his small studio in Haifa they recorded their latest material which they then collected together with some of the older recordings and produced a cassette. A few copies of that cassette were sold at the Third Ear Records shop in Haifa (it should be noted that, by sheer coincidence, one of the band members also worked there at the time).The name, Infected Mushroom, was originated by the band and has nothing to do with magic mushrooms or infections, it was simply part of the secret language used by the band members and its meaning cannot be explained by any conventional means. The name was later taken by a trance duo for reasons which are not clear. The duo have claimed, in a interview they did a few years ago, that they had inherited the name.

Mycologist Dr. Joseph Ammirati of the University of Washington and his colleagues claim that no particular treatment can be recommended for psilocybin poisoning. Nothing except for common sense in terms of physical and emotional support for the afflicted person may be done for duration of the psychoactive experience. However, other doctors have stressed the importance of taking measures to reduce absorption of the compounds involved.

Psilocybe mushrooms are generally grown within the same national borders as they are sold because cultivation does not involve a lot of effort or over risk.

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