The music that blares from the “Magic Mushroom” at 451 Lawton St., S.W., pierces the ears of adults. They don’t complain because that’s the way the teen-agers like it.

And the volunteers know as long as the music is loud the teen-agers are having fun and are not getting into trouble.

“After you’ve been here a couple of hours you forget about the vibrations and noise,” said Father Edward Dillon, assistant pastor St. Anthony’s Church. He spends Friday and Saturday nights at the old house in a fading neighborhood in Atlanta.

Father Dillon, asked his impressions of the “Magic Mushroom” said, “I see whites and Negro teen-agers having a good time. Race doesn’t enter into the picture here.”

Others who chaperone the activities at the house are Penny Blackford of EOA, Pete Gwin and Jane Tobin, both VISTA volunteers, and Joy Cochran, a member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation.

Gwin, who lives upstairs, said, “The Mushroom gives the kids in the neighborhood a place to go. The response we’ve had has been great and we do fill some kind of need. We are working to have it open all summer and hope to have a coffee house downstairs and dance upstairs. We also hope to have a summer tutorial program.”

While Gwin was talking about the Mushroom, Penny Blackford and Tim Merritt, an Atlanta policeman, were talking about an appeal to the Marine Corps reserve unit that Merritt belongs to. “We are going to tell them about the ‘Mushroom’ and hope they will provide volunteers for sports and tutoring,” they said.

Miss Blackford said she is a social worker with youth and tries to help them with problems of truancy, delinquency, and home life. “The ‘Mushroom’ was a long time dream. The kids decorated the walls. They run the kitchen.” The Church of the Incarnation pays the utilities for the center.

Both she and Father Dillon said one of the greatest needs was male volunteers to help staff the center at night. They emphasized the need for the “Mushroom” to be open more frequently in the summer.

“The building is also used every Wednesday and Thursday night to tutor children under 14,” Father Dillon said. “The tutorial program was started by the Church of the Incarnation, but some of the people teaching in it are from St. Anthony’s.”

The “Magic Mushroom” is more than loud music. It has a kitchen which serves pizza, popcorn and soft drinks at nominal prices.

Two rooms have pool tables. On a recent weekend 530 teen-agers came to the “Mushroom.” Asked about his relationship with the teen-agers, Father Dillon said, “Most of them were shy because I am a priest. Now I feel that I am one of them collar or no collar.