Mushroom Legal Status by Country
Understanding mushroom legality across different regions. Find out what's legal at headshops and smart shops in 8 countries.
Netherlands
Legal Status
Magic truffles containing psilocybin are legal to buy and possess in the Netherlands. However, magic mushrooms are illegal.
Mushroom Availability
Magic truffles are widely available in smartshops across the Netherlands. Other mushroom products like functional mushrooms and Amanita Muscaria may also be available.
Germany
Legal Status
In Germany, psilocybin and psilocin are listed as Schedule I drugs, making them illegal to possess, cultivate, or sell. However, a compassionate use program allows for the use of psilocybin in treatment-resistant depression in two facilities.
Mushroom Availability
Mushroom products containing psilocybin are illegal and not available for purchase in headshops or smart shops in Germany. Some stores may sell legal, non-psychoactive mushroom products, but this is not their primary focus.
United Kingdom
Legal Status
In the United Kingdom, psilocybin-containing mushrooms, both fresh and dried, are classified as Class A drugs, making them illegal to possess, cultivate, or sell. However, the sale and possession of spore kits are legal as they do not contain psilocybin.
Mushroom Availability
Mushroom products containing psilocybin are illegal and not available in UK headshops. However, some online stores like 'ICE Headshop' and 'The Juicy Joint' sell functional mushroom products, such as Lion's Mane and Shilajit, for their purported health benefits.
Spain
Legal Status
The sale of psilocybin mushrooms is illegal in Spain, but possession and cultivation are decriminalized for personal use. The active compound, psilocybin, is illegal. Amanita muscaria is not a controlled substance.
Mushroom Availability
Magic truffles and mushroom grow kits are available online from some retailers. Availability in physical stores is limited due to the legal ambiguity surrounding psilocybin.
France and Belgium
Legal Status
In France, hallucinogenic mushrooms are illegal to produce, sell, or possess. In Belgium, the manufacture, possession and sale of psychedelics, including psilocybin mushrooms, is illegal.
Mushroom Availability
Mushroom products are generally not available in either France or Belgium due to strict legal prohibitions. While some online vendors based in the Netherlands may ship to these countries, the legality of such purchases is questionable.
Italy and Portugal
Legal Status
In Italy, psilocybin mushrooms are illegal but decriminalized for personal use. In Portugal, all drugs, including psilocybin mushrooms, have been decriminalized for personal use.
Mushroom Availability
In Italy, mushroom products are not readily available in shops and are primarily sourced online. In Portugal, magic mushroom grow kits and other herbal products are available in smart shops and online.
Czech Republic and Austria
Legal Status
In the Czech Republic, possession of small amounts of psilocybin mushrooms is decriminalized, and medical use will be legal from 2026. In Austria, psilocybin mushrooms are also decriminalized for personal use, and Amanita Muscaria is legal.
Mushroom Availability
Mushroom products, including magic truffles and amanita muscaria, are available in some smart shops in the Czech Republic. In Austria, while decriminalized, the availability in the researched stores was not confirmed.
Scandinavia (Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo)
Legal Status
Psilocybin mushrooms are illegal in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Mushroom Availability
Mushroom products are not available for purchase in physical stores in any of the researched cities. However, some online vendors based in other EU countries will ship to Denmark.