Amanitas give you a totally different trip than any other drug out there. It's an all consuming experience. You can taste, smell, feel, and i swear see and hear it. But not in a real cool or pleasant way.
It left me with an almost violated dirty feeling.
I can see where if someone didn't have access to any other drug that Amanitas could fill in the void, but most any other drug experience is far better than A M..
Another aspect of A. M. that is unpleasurable is the fact that you have to take enough to get off or you get nada, chemical threashold. This can set anyone up for overdosing- real hard/bad trip, or nothing.
The wierdest part of an A M trip is in the middle of your trip you will just snap out of it and will be straight as a arrow for 10 to 15 min. at a time. This can lead a novice into redosing and overdosing also.
There are too many Amanitas out there that are poisonous to just pick some without extensive research. Although the "red ones" are supposed to be good, I'd still be wary. If you must try some, purchase them online from a reputable supplier.
I sat on two doses for over a year because I didn't want to re-experience them ever again (that whole real hard/bad trip thing) and had no friends that wanted to either, finally throwing them out.