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In recognition of his numerous contributions to the fields of ethnomycology, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology, Dr. Weil was given the distinction of having an entheogenic Psilocybe mushroom named in his honor: Psilocybe weilii was discovered in 1995 in Cherokee County, Georgia. A lignicolous species belonging to the Section Cordisporae, this blue-staining mushroom prefers a red-clay soil habitat beneath loblolly pines (Pinus taeda) where it fruits in groups or dense clusters (September through November). Chemical analysis of this mushroom revealed .05% baeocystin; .61% psilocybin; .27% psilocin; and .32% L-tryptophan (as unconverted psilocybin). Psilocybe weilii was authored by Dr. Gaston Guzman, Fidel Tapia, and mycologist Paul Stamets.

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German Kahuna said:

On the consumption note: I wonder what the odor- and tasteless chemical psilocybin tastes and smells like, since thedudenj claims he tasted and smelled it before he decided to ingest the mushroom.

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German Kahuna said:

On the consumption note: I wonder what the odor- and tasteless chemical psilocybin tastes and smells like, since thedudenj claims he tasted and smelled it before he decided to ingest the mushroom.

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That's a good point.  Apparently there is something in the production of the chemical in a mushroom that gives a familiar scent.  Overall, the smell is described as "farinaceous," but that description is as vague as "fruity" or "musty."  I have smelled quite a few species that were active and stained blue.  I describe the smell as "like cubes."  If these smelled like cubes--and I have no doubt they did--it could lead someone to experiment like thedudenj did.  Some of us, and the Shroomery in general, pride ourselves on mushroom safety.  After all, no one wants to be responsible for the poisoning of someone else.  Experimenting on your own is a matter of personal safety versus risk.

How does any of us know whether an unknown active mushroom or potentially new active species contains dangerous chemicals as well as active ones?  We don't.  And yet there has been more than one occasion where someone has bioassayed them.  And it goes without saying that some will ingest a mushroom purely for the science of it.  After all, that is how most of the toxicity of mushrooms are known.  Some die, some get high and some have a delicious meal.

My primary concern is that someone take a print and save some samples for examination.  The identity of the mushroom is important.  For me, more important than the effect it gives.