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Aphrodisiology

nickyskye — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:54:22 -0800

Video of Dictyophora Indusiata. "When they find it, they sniff it. The scent of this mushroom causes sexual arousal, often to the point of orgasm." ^ Other interesting articles available from Aphrodisiology: List of Aphrodisiacs l Visual Stimuli l Pheromones & Perfumes. The Dictyophora Indusiata is a type of morel. (This site has great pics of mushrooms) This mushroom is also known as "Basket stinkhorn (Dictyophora Indusiata), a tropical stinkhorn fungus with a lacy, netlike veil (indusium) that hangs down from the cap (head)." It's also known as Phallus indusiatus or bamboo pith. A recipe for cooking Dictyophora Indusiata from the Institute for the Advancement of the Science and Art of Chinese Cooking. Information about the Dictyophora Indusiata from the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Pheromones for everyone!

dov3 — Tue, 10 May 2005 08:49:23 -0800

Different scent attraction for men, women, and homosexuals Interesting report about homosexual men responding differently to pheromones as heterosexual men but very similar to women. (NYT)

barbelith — Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:51:56 -0800

Thrown off the scent. A fascinating story about The Pill and its effect on women's mate choice, and the effect of these choices on evolution. T-shirts belonging to unknown men were given to women to smell. All they had to do was say which smelt best. Women on the pill chose exactly the opposite t-shirts to those that didn't - find me free will, personal taste and the nature / culture divide in that if you can... [found via Plastic - and if you want to talk about that, then click here]