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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: Therad]
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hey i got an idea whut about freeeze dryin them? that way they wont be mushy shit but still be potent

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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: tehpurplepills]
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Hm...freeze dried could work

I just think it's less to worry about for drying them, storing them with silica gel packets, in a container away from light in a cool place, with silica gel in the container as well.

A freezer could break down, a blackout can happen, etc. I think there's a fear of variability regarding things like that and something like fungi, which could very well be rendered useless (or you'd have to take them all then/find another way to keep them in a preserved state) should something like that occur.

That said-through an accident involving a mini fridge/freezer I learned that sclerotia aren't affected by freezing. Potency was exactly what it should have been (this was fresh sclerotia frozen accidentally and made into tea)
I don't think anyone's arguing the science of your claims-the science itself is sound, but there's usually better methods for storage of fungi, especially if one were to take them say, camping or some such.

But heck-if freezing works and you prefer it, go for it. There was a thread a week or so ago about someone being given mushies frozen for a few years and were asking about potency-a few people said that potency should be fine, but I don't know if the OP ever replied. Hm....
Worth looking into. So I think freezing would work, but ultimately drying is the de facto for preservation.


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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: KinichAhau]
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yeah i wus waiting for him to reply too

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/12745405/page/1/fpart/1/vc/1

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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: Therad]
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Those are for DRIED mushrooms. I'd say you can store dried mushrooms in a freezer indefinitely. Fresh = fail.

When you freeze fresh mushrooms the cells expand and rupture leaving you with the black goop.

I've eaten 35g of goop before and barely got a body buzzy feeling.

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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: nooneman]
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I have fresh picked cubes in my freezer rite now I'll get back to you I hope it wirks

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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: wal0013]
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wal0013 said:
...the actual process of freezing the mushrooms ..., burst the cell walls  withing the mushroom making liberation of psilocybin both more efficient and faster....


This is the reason they get weaker. By freezing, and thus exposing Psilocybin to O2 in air, you provide a method for it to oxidize faster.  This is why freezing fresh mushrooms deactivates them. It has nothing to do with kinetic energy and exceeding the activation energy.  That being said, dry them bitches out and then freeze them. Or, just eat them freshly picked.


Edit: This is an old thread.

Edited by 4HO-DMT (05/09/14 11:47 AM)

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Re: freezing fresh mushrooms for preservation [Re: 4HO-DMT]
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Dude, 3 year old thread.

Also, freezing cubes is the dumbest fucking thing.  Paper bag in the fridge is the best method for preserving fresh mushrooms, but even then, you shouldn't be preserving them fresh.  However, from your other thread, who knows if this is even a cube.


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