So recently I have had the opportunity to get to try out some fresh psilocybe mushrooms. Initially when I heard about fresh vs. dry mushrooms I mostly heard about the fact that the wet to dry weight ratio is about 10 to 1. My experience so far however has been that much less mushroom material is needed than with dry mushrooms, like 7-10g wet (which should be roughly around 1g dry) has been enough to produce decent trips in everyone who has tried them. Now this could either be because I lucked out and ended up growing mushrooms that are super potent, but I think it's due to the fact that they're fresh. Another interesting aspect of the fresh mushroom trip is that it isn't quite as "harsh" on the mind. It feels sort of more lucid and easy on the come-up. A friend of mine was talking about it and he said that he thought it was because the mushrooms "aren't dead when you consume them", and so the trip is different. In any case, I feel like fresh mushrooms are so much more enjoyable than dry ones. I'll have to do some testing with other batches before I can conclude that the wet mushrooms are actually more potent just because they're fresh. :2thumbsup: So for those of you who have had the chance to eat fresh mushrooms.. what do you think about this?
I like fresh mushrooms over dried because they taste better. There seems to be a bit more umph to 10g fresh as opposed to 1g dry. This goes not just for cubes but Pans and P.Mexicana as well. It's all good if done the right way.
That is very possible, however the observation that the fresh mushrooms are more potent has been confirmed by at least 5 other people without me even suggesting the idea to them. All of these 5 people are pretty experience with mushrooms so I find it hard to believe that we would all have gotten improperly dried batches every single time we tripped. Of course, it is very possible, but I do wonder if drying doesn't have an effect on potency even if the mushrooms are properly dried? Oh man, they taste so much better. There is no comparison. The texture of fresh mushrooms beats dry mushrooms so much as well. One thing that is a little harder to get past is how fast they bruise when they're fresh. Makes it look a little bit weird when the entire thing goes blue, haha.
I've never had dried mushies, my pa always warned me that every bad trip his every had on shrooms was when he took them dry, so I never bothered drying out the ones i picked - just ate 'em straight away. However, I acquired 2 mushy caps by pure chance today, and I know nothing about mushy caps.. I'm assuming they're dried powdered shrooms? Would I need to take both for the effects? I have no idea how much is in each.. I'm used to eating about 10 fresh shrooms, so seeing these small caps has made me a little sceptical as to how much of an effect would come on from them.. Any advise guys? Sorry for hijacking the thread man, haha
I usually use 00 sized caps which are about 7/8 inches long and if you pack the ever living crap out of them you can get about 1/2 gram of dried powdered mushroom per capsules so if your caps are 00 and were packed tight then you have 1 gram of dried mushroom. And what your father told you is a bunch of crap.
I've heard that a bit of the psilocin degrades in the drying process.. but don't hold me to that, cos I can't find anything that clarifies it. This is why more research needs to be done with these things
It does degrade alittle when dried properly (fanned dried as soon as they are picked for 24-48 hoursand then put into a dessicant chamber after that until completely cracker dry)....... it degrades alot more if dried improperly (dried slowly sitting in still air for several days so the psilocybin has more time to degrade) and will continue to degrade if not stored properly ( should be stored completely dried in a glass container with a rubber sealed lid with dessicant and oxygen absorbers or under a vaccum....... in the freezer)
Hello,Ive also read that the 'psilocin degrades(evaporates)with the moisture,leaving only the 'psilocybin'.Im gonna make comparison in a few weeks.Just put 'BRF'cakes in fruiting chamber.Just starting to pin.Cambodian,ShootingStars and OakRidge.YeeHa My 1st grow. PEACE
