General Mushroom FAQ

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• How do shrooms work?
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  The answer to this question is somewhat complex and not 100% understood by scientists.
  
  
• Do caps or stems contain more psilocybin/psilocin?
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  The caps tend to contain more psilocybin and psilocin than stems.
  
  
• Where can i see pictures related to mushroom cultivation related terms?
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  A few pictures to key words and parts of the process: Germination Fully colonised Cake pinning Pins growing Cake ready for harvest Veil breaking Caps ready for spore printing Casing ready for spore printing Spore printing Hyphal knots Primordia Overlay Photos by DreaMaTrix More pictures in the Growlog archive and the Gallery.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• When should I harvest?
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  Harvest casings all together over a course of 1 day for best results.
  
  
• How do I harvest a mushroom?
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  A mushroom is best harvested by being pulled off the casing or cake with a twisting motion.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Are there long-term effects of taking hallucinogenic mushrooms?
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  There are no long term physical effects from ingestion of mushrooms containing psilocybin and psilocin.
  
  
• Nausea and Puking
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  An answer from one who suffers on every shroom trip.
  
  
• What is the most potent mushroom?
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  Likely the most potent species are wood chipthe s inhabiting species like Psilocybe azurescens, Psilocybe cyanescens and Psilocybe subaeruginosa.
  
  
• Which mushroom cultivation book should I buy?
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  Paul Stamets and J.S.Chilton: The Mushroom Cultivator
  
  
• Do I need a pressure cooker?
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  You don't need a pressure cooker when sterilizing PF jars, or when sterilizing boilable instruments such as syringes.
  
  
• How long does it take for a pin to mature?
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  It takes anything from 2 - 5 days for a P. Cubensis pin to mature.
  
  
• Is it possible to cross 2 strains?
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  A hybrid would result from the mating of a monokaryon of one strain with a monokaryon of another strain.
  
  
• How do shrooms work (very simplified)?
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  psilocybin
  
  
• Why do different species and strains of mushrooms have different highs?
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  All active Psilocybe mushrooms contain the same main substances which are psilocybin, psilocin and to a lesser degree baeocystin and norbaeocystin.
  
  
• Is there strychnine in mushrooms?
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  No, there is no strychnine in mushrooms.
  
  
• Can one go insane while tripping on mushrooms?
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  The answer to this question is not a simple yes or no, even for the average person with no emotional or psychological problems or any family history of mental illness the answer is surely an un-equivocal no.
  
  
• Do hallucinogenic mushrooms cause liver damage?
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  The mushrooms that contain psilocybin and psilocin will not cause liver damage.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Are psilocybe mushrooms addictive?
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  Psilocybe mushrooms are neither physically addictive nor are they likely to cause psychological dependence.
  
  
• Is there a difference in yield if I use multispore inoculation or an isolated strain?
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  There is a difference.
  
  
• Which tek is the best for the beginner?
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  The tek that most beginners start with is the PF-tek .