TOADS AND TOADSTOOLS: The Natural History, Folklore,...

TOADS AND TOADSTOOLS: The Natural History, Folklore, and Cultural Oddities of a Strange Association by Adrian Morgan, illustrated by the author (Celestial Arts: $24.95; 208 pp., paperback original). Morgan spent more than a decade drawing, studying and sometimes ingesting substances for this quirky study. Despite the popular image, toads rarely, if ever, sit on toadstools, but both produce a variety of hallucinogenic compounds popular with shamans and pleasure-seekers around the world. Morgan mixes historical research and accounts of his personal experiences with these potent chemicals.