General Mushroom FAQ

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• Is it true that hallucinogens can be transferred through skin?
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  Neither ingested psilocybin, nor LSD can be transferred through contact with a human's skin.
  
  
• How Do Mushrooms Reproduce?
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  Notes: This is a compilation of information derived from another post I started at another board about a year ago (11.
  
  
• How long does psilocybin / psilocin stay in the body?
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  Once ingested, most of the psilocybin is converted into psilocin within the first hour.
  
  
• Where can I find supplies in the USA?
  
  Most supplies can be ordered online from our various Shroomery Sponsors.
  
  
• Are aborts more potent than fully grown mushrooms?
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  Less weighing specimens have more alkaloids.
  
  
• Where can I find supplies in the USA? (longer list)
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  This is a short listing of common supplies and equipment used in amateur mushroom cultivation.
  
  
• Can mushrooms be smoked?
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  There continues to be controversy around whether or not smoking psilocybin/psilocin containing mushrooms can produce a psychoactive effect.
  
  
• Where can I find supplies in the UK?
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  When I first started it was like a maze of names and phrases I had never heard of before in my life.
  
  
• What are the gold flakes on the caps of my mushrooms?
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  The gold flakes people sometimes see on the dried caps and stems of their mushrooms is vermiculite.
  
  
• How should I crumble the substrate?
  
  There are several ways, all of which are similar.
  
  
• Which mushroom cultivation book should I buy?
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  Paul Stamets and J.S.Chilton: The Mushroom Cultivator
  
  
• What are the legal ramifications of being caught with psychedelic mushrooms?
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  A state-by-state listing of links related to U.S. laws regarding the legalities of mushrooms and other drugs.
  
  
• How much is the whole thing going to cost me?
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  When you begin with mushroom cultivation there is some initial cost since you need some items that you most likely don't have laying around.
  
  
• Is it true that that shrooms make a hole in your brain?
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  There have been no studies to suggest that any of the chemicals contained within any variety of psilocybin mushroom can cause any type of physical damage in the human's brain. what you are thinking of is not a hole in your brain but the use of indorvines to produce the high the psilocybe produces so when you come off of the high your brain is running a little low on some which produces the sight of a hole in your brain if you get a cat scan.
  
  
• Why do some people puke on shrooms?
  
  Many people experience nausea and/or vomiting during mushroom experiences, especially with larger doses.
  
  
• Has anyone ever died from eating psilocybes?
  
  There is one documented case of a man who consumed large amounts of P. semilaceata and died thereafter.
  
  
• Does tripping change your range of hearing?
  
  Although it may seem that tripping causes you to see and hear things sharper the truth is that only your perceptions have changed.
  
  
• If you are allergic to penicillin would you also be allergic to shrooms?
  
  There is no direct connection between the penicillin allergy and allergy to magic mushrooms.
  
  
• How do shrooms work (very simplified)?
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  psilocybin
  
  
• Nausea and Puking
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  An answer from one who suffers on every shroom trip.
  
  
• mushroom poisoning antidote
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  911 FYI
  
  
• How do i keep my temperature under control
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  without upsetting the other room temperatures
  
  
• What does nom. prov. mean?
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  What does nom. prov. mean?
  
  
• What is "cold shocking"?
  
  The uses and misconceptions about cold shocking