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Sort: [- Are aborts more potent than fully grown mushrooms?
Less weighing specimens have more alkaloids.
- Are psilocybe mushrooms addictive?
Psilocybe mushrooms are neither physically addictive nor are they likely to cause psychological dependence.
- Are there long-term effects of taking hallucinogenic mushrooms?
There are no long term physical effects from ingestion of mushrooms containing psilocybin and psilocin.
- Can mushrooms be smoked?
There continues to be controversy around whether or not smoking psilocybin/psilocin containing mushrooms can produce a psychoactive effect.
- Can one go insane while tripping on mushrooms?
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 caps or stems contain more psilocybin/psilocin?
The caps tend to contain more psilocybin and psilocin than stems.
- Do hallucinogenic mushrooms cause liver damage?
The mushrooms that contain psilocybin and psilocin will not cause liver damage.
- Do I need a pressure cooker?
You don't need a pressure cooker when sterilizing PF jars, or when sterilizing boilable instruments such as syringes.
- 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.
- 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.
- How can I grow lots of shrooms, fast?
There is no quick and dirty way to start producing massive flushes from the start.
- How can I make a syringe?
Likely the best syringe making tek is the Psilocyber's Syringe Tek.
- How do I harvest a mushroom?
A mushroom is best harvested by being pulled off the casing or cake with a twisting motion.
- How do i keep my temperature under control
without upsetting the other room temperatures
- How Do Mushrooms Reproduce?
Notes: This is a compilation of information derived from another post I started at another board about a year ago (11.
- How do shrooms work (very simplified)?
psilocybin
- How do shrooms work?
The answer to this question is somewhat complex and not 100% understood by scientists.
- How long does it take for a pin to mature?
It takes anything from 2 - 5 days for a P. Cubensis pin to mature.
- How long does psilocybin / psilocin stay in the body?
Once ingested, most of the psilocybin is converted into psilocin within the first hour.
- How many syringes can I make with one print?
Several.
- How much is the whole thing going to cost me?
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.
- How should I crumble the substrate?
There are several ways, all of which are similar.
- 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.
- Is it possible to cross 2 strains?
A hybrid would result from the mating of a monokaryon of one strain with a monokaryon of another strain.
- Is it true that hallucinogens can be transferred through skin?
Neither ingested psilocybin, nor LSD can be transferred through contact with a human's skin.
