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Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems...
#1645117 - 06/19/03 02:27 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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anyone care to settle an argument between me and my friends? will caps or stems make you trip harder (if there is any difference at all.) also, one of my friends insists that caps give you a more visual high and stems give a stronger body high. thanks for your help.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21] 1
#1645170 - 06/19/03 02:38 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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there's only one way to find out...
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: houshroom]
#1645230 - 06/19/03 03:01 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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No. I've heard several times from many reputable sources that there is absolutely no difference.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: MOTH]
#1645298 - 06/19/03 03:22 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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There are arguments either way. You eat both. It doesn't matter.
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you do eat both, but it does matter because someone is curious about it. I would be interested in knowing this as well for purely discussion reasons and I think the person who posted the question is as well. besides, I don't think we are looking for "arguments" but some sort of scientific evidence. Like I trust the trip report of anyone anyways...
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: kukusz]
#1645375 - 06/19/03 03:47 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw a very interesting post awhile back at the Nook, it showed a analysis of shrooms tested, caps vs. stems, upon several different flushes, I beleive over a four flush period. Turned out that caps as a general rule had higher levels of Psilocybin, where as stems had higher levels of psilocin. But as a general rule it was not that much varience. Ill look for the post but the outcome was that it really didnt matter and there was no official determination. Eat both caps and stems and your covered :P Ill look for the post....
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: OZZ]
#1645414 - 06/19/03 03:55 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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Here ya go: 
Here is the original Bigwood and Beug paper on potency variations.
I only omited the three photographs which just show shrooms in a jar and freezed dried shrooms in a plastic baggie, neith of which photograph was good enough to reporduce here.
mjshroomer Variations of Psilocybin and Psilocin Levels with Repeated Flushes (Harvests) of Mature Sporocarps of Psilocybe Cubensis (Earle) Singer.
By Jeremy Bigwood and Michael W. Beug (Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
Summary
Analysis of Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer) grown in controlled culture showed that the level of psilocin was generally zero in the first (or sometimes even the second) fruiting of the mushroom from a given culture and that the level reached a maximum by the fourth flush. The level of psilocybin, which was nearly always at least twice the level of psilocin, showed no upward or downward trend as fruiting progressed, but was variable over a factor of four. Samples obtained from outside sources had psilocybin levels varying by over a factor of ten form one collection to the next.
Introduction
When undertaking quantitative analysis of psilocybin and psilocin levels in the Pacific Northwest species, we generally found large variations from one collection to another even within one species and even when all collections were made from a single location (Beug and Bigwood, 1982). In investigating biosynthetic pathways in the formation of psilocin and psilocybin in Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer, we also observed variations in psilocybin and psilocin levels from one fruiting to the next (Chilton, 1979). WE therefore stet out to grow a selected Amazonian strain of Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer in carefully controlled cultures and study the variations of psilocybin and psilocin levels with time. We also report here on the observed variation of psilocybin and psilocin levels with repeatted flushes from a single culture and the variation observed in other strains.
Experimental
The strain of Psilocybe cubensis cultivated in this study originated from a spore print taken in the Amazon basin near Pucalpa, Peru (Repke et al., 1977). Mycelium obtained from the spore print was kept as a stock culture on various agars. Since only one flush (fruiting) could be obtained from agar plates, we used a rye-grain medium, described initially in San Antonio (1971), refined by Oss and Oeric (1976), and adapted to "miniculture" by us. A wide-mouth half-pint jar (~250 ml) was charge with 10 g of rye grain and 15 ml of water and autoclaved. It was then inoculated under sterile conditions with a mycelium culture on agar. Every four days for a period of 28 days, weight per miniculture. Each flush was harvested as soon as the sporocarps were mature. The mushrooms ere the jars were shaken to distribute the growing mycelium evenly on the grain. In 28 days, the mycelium had covered the grain and the jars were then opened and the grain was cased (covered with a layer about 2 cm deep) with 2 parts peat : 1 part calcium carbonate : 2 parts perlite and/or vermiculite. The mushrooms were "watered" once every two days with 1 ml of sterile water via syringe. The first flyush (fruiting) occurred four to five weeks after inoculation (about two weeks after casing). The minicultures continued to produce mushrooms for at least 20 weeks provided they remained uncontaminated. They yielded an average of 2.7 g dry weight per miniculture. Each flush was harvested as soon as the sprocarps were mature. The mushrooms were immediately freeze-dried, sealed in plastic and stored at?5 degrees Celsius until analysis. Voucher specimens were prepared for deposit in the University of Washington Herbarium (WTU).
The extraction procedure and analysis was described in the previous paper. The reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatograms were quantified wioth a Hewlett-Packard 3380! Reporting integrator-plotter and calibrated against standards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. We found a linear relationship (plus/minus 10% repeatability) between concentration and peak area from 0.2 to 3 micrograms total psilocybine or psilocin. The detection limit was about 0.01 micrograms psilocybin or psilocin. The HPLC results were qualitatively confirmed by TLC using butanol-acetic acid-water (12:3:5).
Results
We found that the levels of psilocybin varied somewhat unpredictably from one flush to the next, but generally were much the same on the last flush as they were on the first flush (Table 1). Psilocin, on the other hand, generally was absent in the first one or two flushes, each maximixed by the fourth flush, and then appeared to start to decline (Table 1). Unfortunately, we could generally not follow the decline appreciably since five flushes is normally the maximum we can get before the mycelium stops fruiting. (With miniculture 1, we obtained a sixth flush but the fifth flush was totally consumed in another experiment and is not reported here.)
In two other strains grown by other sources, we also observed nearly complete absence of psilocin in the first flush . In These, we analyzed the caps and stems separately and found that the caps generally contained twice as much psilocybin as the stems, but that the small amount of psilocin present was entirely in the stems (Table 2). In contrast, our Amazon strai hasd a trace of psiloin in the cap but not in the stem. The cap and stem contained equal amounts of psilocybin.
Finally, we analyzed five street samples of Psilocybe cubensis for which we did not know the flush number or the precise growing conditions (Table 3). We found highly variable levels of psilocybin and low levels of psilocin.
TABLE 1 The dry weight variation of psilocybin and psilocin levels in Psilocybe cubensis as a function of flush number (quantified by HPLC. Miniculture No. 1 Psilocybein?Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g) 1 8.3---------------0.5 2 6.5---------------1.5 3 13.3---------------1.0 4 4.8---------------2.6 5 --/--------------/-- 6 6.8---------------0.5
Miniculture No. 2 Psilocybin?Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g) 1 5.1---------------0 2 7.3---------------0 3 4.7---------------1.7 4 3.7---------------2.9 5 5.2---------------2.2 6 --/--------------/--
Miniculture No. 3 Psilocybin?Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g) 1 7.6---------------0 2 6.2---------------0 3 5.3---------------0.9 4 3.2---------------1.8 5 6.7---------------1.7 6 --/--------------/--
TABLE 2 Distribution of psilocybin and psilocin in the cap versus the stem in three strains of Psilocybe cubensis cultivated on rye-grain substrate M. R. strain- First flush Psilocybin Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g)
Caps 9.7---------0 Stems 4.2---------0.35
Equadorian Strain First flush Psilocybin Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g)
Caps 7.6--------0 Stems 4.7--------0.4
Amazon Strain First flush Psilocybin Psilocin (mg/g) (mg/g)
Caps 5.7--------0.1 Stems 5.7--------0
TABLE 3 Psilocybin and psilocin levels in dried psilocybe cubensis "street samples" (all samlples were from material cultivated on a rye-grain substrate)
Sample Psilocybin Psilocin No. (mg/g) (mg/g) 1---------------5.6----------------0 2---------------6.2----------------0 3---------------0.7----------------0.3 4---------------0.7----------------0.3 5---------------1.3----------------0.3
Conclusions
We found that the level of psilocybin and psilocin varies over a factor of four among various cultures of Psilocybe cubensis grown under rigidly controlled conditions, while specimens from outside sources varied tenfold. IT is clear that entheogenic (Ruck et al., 1979) and recreational users of this species have no way of predicting the amount of psilocybin and psilocin that they are ingesting with a given dry weight of the mushrooms. It thus seems likely that variations in the subjective experience will not only come from the effects of set and setting but will also stem in very real measure rom large dosage differences.
References
Beug, Michael W. and Jeremy Bigwood. 1982. Psilocybin and psilocin levels in twenty species from seven genera of wild mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. Journal of Ethnopharmacology vol. 5:271-285.
Chilton, Scott., Bigwood, Jeremy and R. E. Jensen. 1979. Psilocin, Bufotonine and serotonin : Historical and Biosynthetic Observations. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs Vol. 11:61-69.
Oss, O. T. and Oeric, O. N. 1976. Psilocybin Magic Mushroom Growers Guide. And/Or Press, Berkeley, California.
Repke, Carl A. P., Leslie, Dale T., and Gast?n Guzm?n. 1977. Psilocybe, Conocybe and Panaeolus. Lloydia Vol. 40:566-578.
Ruck,Carl A. P., Bigwood, Jeremy., Staples, Danny., Ott, Jonathan and R. Gordon Wasson. 1979. Entheogens. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs Vol. 11:145-147.
San Antonio, J. P. 1971. A laboratory method to obtain fruit from cased grain spawn of the cultivated mushroom : Agaricus bisporus. Mycologia vol. 63:16-21
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: OZZ]
#1645459 - 06/19/03 04:09 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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and there ya go, thanks OZZ, that's perfect.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: OZZ]
#1645461 - 06/19/03 04:12 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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The drug is the drug is the drug. Why would your friends think it makes a difference as to how hard you'll trip? Both cap and stems contain the drug. According to that wondeful report above, the drug varies in distribution throughout the fruit body. Just eat the shrooms and trip and worry about other things. 
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Boppity604]
#1645499 - 06/19/03 04:26 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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I don't understand how of all the questions that get asked on this forum, this is the one that people are like "why the fuck do you care?" Because we do, if for no other reason than to just know. Haven't you ever wanted to just _know_ something? I mean, would people have said "why the fuck do you care" if someone was asking what substrate to use? I mean, because you can just respond to that like "who cares, they all grows shrooms!" I do understand your point from one perspective, but I also hope that you understand mine.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: kukusz]
#1645534 - 06/19/03 04:37 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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because i was curious. i think you need to relax a little, no reason to get so worked up. especially over something you don't care about.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21]
#1645538 - 06/19/03 04:38 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes, and to know something for the sake of knowing is a great reason indeed. But why argue over the fact? 
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Boppity604]
#1645656 - 06/19/03 05:18 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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LOL. Personally, my shrooms end up scrunched up to a powder. In that state there is no stem and cap, just powder. However I suppose if you gotta know, you gotta know. I also had seen a discussion about this in the archieves at nan's, and it wasn't as conclusive as the one above... basically one bloke says stems, another caps, and both said they'd read it somewhere (but not where). P.S. I never swear lol
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good info ozz thanks!
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21]
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Anno]
#5153399 - 01/08/06 08:05 AM (18 years, 23 days ago) |
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Sorry if I seem like an ass a little bit but this question could of easily been answered with a search. I am a strong believer in the search function and I have noticed that newbs don't use it. They would rather ask a question. I don't why this is because you can get a much quicker answer by just typing it into the search engine. If you aren't good at searching you need to learn.
But from what I have picked up caps are slightly more potent. But there isn't that much of difference. In tests it goes back forth from the stems and caps having more potency. Caps tend to be more potent more often but again it isn't enough.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21]
#17460641 - 12/28/12 11:42 AM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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gce21 said: anyone care to settle an argument between me and my friends? will caps or stems make you trip harder (if there is any difference at all.) also, one of my friends insists that caps give you a more visual high and stems give a stronger body high. thanks for your help.
The caps are inherently more dense in mass but the corresponding stem probably has the same amount of Psilocybin / weight.
However, it really depends on the type of cubensis(more importantly the species of mushroom.)
Closed caps strains will be fairly even throughout because their caps don't open / bloom late.
Mushrooms will stop producing Psilocybin when the caps open. If are you growing open cap strains, it's very important to watch for this and pick the ones that open first. The stems tend to grow faster than the caps so this will cause a phenomenon that will cause stems to have a lower amount of Psilocybin per gram than the caps.
Shady (or just unaware) growers will try and get them to grow as big as possible causing the mushrooms to have a low potency per gram if they are growing open caps. (Ever got that reeeaaally big mushroom with an open cap that didn't seem to make you trip enough? Yeah.)
Hope this settles the issue.
Closed Cap - Very potent http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/DriedPcubensis2.jpg/325px-DriedPcubensis2.jpg
Open Cap - Not so potent http://thebutterflydiaries.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/dried_cubensis.jpg
Edited by SheriffJoeArpaio (12/28/12 12:07 PM)
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: SheriffJoeArpaio]
#17460750 - 12/28/12 12:10 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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how come all these 6year old threads are getting bumped today
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: SheriffJoeArpaio]
#17460911 - 12/28/12 12:51 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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SheriffJoeArpaio said: The caps are inherently more dense in mass but the corresponding stem probably has the same amount of Psilocybin / weight.
However, it really depends on the type of cubensis(more importantly the species of mushroom.)
Closed caps strains will be fairly even throughout because their caps don't open / bloom late.
Mushrooms will stop producing Psilocybin when the caps open. If are you growing open cap strains, it's very important to watch for this and pick the ones that open first. The stems tend to grow faster than the caps so this will cause a phenomenon that will cause stems to have a lower amount of Psilocybin per gram than the caps.
Shady (or just unaware) growers will try and get them to grow as big as possible causing the mushrooms to have a low potency per gram if they are growing open caps. (Ever got that reeeaaally big mushroom with an open cap that didn't seem to make you trip enough? Yeah.)
Hope this settles the issue.
Closed Cap - Very potent http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/DriedPcubensis2.jpg/325px-DriedPcubensis2.jpg
Open Cap - Not so potent http://thebutterflydiaries.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/dried_cubensis.jpg

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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: twistedty]
#17461046 - 12/28/12 01:23 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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#17461053 - 12/28/12 01:25 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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SheriffJoeArpaio said: The caps are inherently more dense in mass but the corresponding stem probably has the same amount of Psilocybin / weight.
However, it really depends on the type of cubensis(more importantly the species of mushroom.)
Closed caps strains will be fairly even throughout because their caps don't open / bloom late.
Mushrooms will stop producing Psilocybin when the caps open. If are you growing open cap strains, it's very important to watch for this and pick the ones that open first. The stems tend to grow faster than the caps so this will cause a phenomenon that will cause stems to have a lower amount of Psilocybin per gram than the caps.
Shady (or just unaware) growers will try and get them to grow as big as possible causing the mushrooms to have a low potency per gram if they are growing open caps. (Ever got that reeeaaally big mushroom with an open cap that didn't seem to make you trip enough? Yeah.)
Hope this settles the issue.
Closed Cap - Very potent http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/DriedPcubensis2.jpg/325px-DriedPcubensis2.jpg
Open Cap - Not so potent http://thebutterflydiaries.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/dried_cubensis.jpg
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: FrankHorrigan]
#17461079 - 12/28/12 01:31 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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interesting topic though, i've wondered myself.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21]
#18742967 - 08/22/13 03:23 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I thought it was pretty easy to tell the difference between the stem high and the cap high just by observing different trips. If anyone wants to figure it out for themselves all you really need to do is eat a balance of stem and cap (ex. 3g stem 2g cap depending on how much you're. capable of doing) and observe how things move, expand, spin, etc. then next time do 5g's of stem and repeat the process. You will notice you're trip isn't as intense as when you had cap but its still a good trip. Then the next time do all cap, 3-5g's depending on how often you've done it. You will notice the high is pretty intense, even to intense to enjoy. But be carful when doing an all cap high because caps can be pretty intense and you can find yourself having trouble thinking straight for a long time or you may even black out, and of course it's never good to be blacked out or around someone who is blacked out cause you can be very destructive when you're walking around making no memory of things.
It's better to research you're ideas and get an answer then to argue and get no where.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Impsychosocial5]
#18743771 - 08/22/13 06:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Impsychosocial5 said: I thought it was pretty easy to tell the difference between the stem high and the cap high just by observing different trips. If anyone wants to figure it out for themselves all you really need to do is eat a balance of stem and cap (ex. 3g stem 2g cap depending on how much you're. capable of doing) and observe how things move, expand, spin, etc. then next time do 5g's of stem and repeat the process. You will notice you're trip isn't as intense as when you had cap but its still a good trip. Then the next time do all cap, 3-5g's depending on how often you've done it. You will notice the high is pretty intense, even to intense to enjoy. But be carful when doing an all cap high because caps can be pretty intense and you can find yourself having trouble thinking straight for a long time or you may even black out, and of course it's never good to be blacked out or around someone who is blacked out cause you can be very destructive when you're walking around making no memory of things.
It's better to research you're ideas and get an answer then to argue and get no where.
If this is what you call research, please never get a job with any more importance than the service industry.
Psychedelics are very subjective. Your results mean absolutely nothing. You don't even have a control.
The way to figure it out is to separate the cap and stem, extract both separately and see what comes out. And that test has been done. They showed about .01% more psilocybin in the cap, and that was about it. Nothing you'd ever notice until you get into doses that are too big to physically eat.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: 36fuckin5]
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: OZZ]
#18744037 - 08/22/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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great info OZZ, thanks for posting. It's great to read about some guys culturing mushrooms at evergreen in the 80's...
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: 36fuckin5]
#18749391 - 08/23/13 10:32 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just because you can't tell the difference without numbers doesn't mean I can't. You're just speaking out of ignorance like a child. Mushrooms effect others differently, and just because your to stupid to be able to observe on mushrooms doesn't mean others can't. Then again most people that listen to tap can't observe at all, even sober.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Impsychosocial5]
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Impsychosocial5 said: Just because you can't tell the difference without numbers doesn't mean I can't. You're just speaking out of ignorance like a child. Mushrooms effect others differently, and just because your to stupid to be able to observe on mushrooms doesn't mean others can't. Then again most people that listen to tap can't observe at all, even sober.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Impsychosocial5]
#18749685 - 08/23/13 11:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Impsychosocial5 said: Just because you can't tell the difference without numbers doesn't mean I can't. You're just speaking out of ignorance like a child. Mushrooms effect others differently, and just because your to stupid to be able to observe on mushrooms doesn't mean others can't. Then again most people that listen to tap can't observe at all, even sober.
I promise that I've eaten more psilocybin in general, and more active species than you have. If you can't find some hard data to back up your claim, then your argument is invalid.
Psychedelics are subjective. You cannot give a proper qualitative analysis between caps and stems. It just can't be done.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: 36fuckin5]
#18753794 - 08/25/13 01:24 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well I have had countless stem and cap highs both high and low doses. I have noticed that every time I eat caps rooms expand and objects spin and morph but with stems they don't. And I've had many people with the same experiences say the same thing to me. But I guess there's a difference between experiencing mushrooms and examining it's effects and reading a document on the Internet.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: OZZ]
#18754110 - 08/25/13 05:26 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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OZZ said: I saw a very interesting post awhile back at the Nook, it showed a analysis of shrooms tested, caps vs. stems, upon several different flushes, I beleive over a four flush period.
Turned out that caps as a general rule had higher levels of Psilocybin, where as stems had higher levels of psilocin. But as a general rule it was not that much varience. Ill look for the post but the outcome was that it really didnt matter and there was no official determination. Eat both caps and stems and your covered :P
Ill look for the post....
^^ Although I know this is 137 years old I found this kind of interesting especially in conjunction with what someone else in the thread said about stems giving more "body high" than caps which are experienced as more of a "head" high. I find cubensis in general give me a much more bodily high than liberty caps (which I don't actually enjoy very much cos I don't actually like "heady" visually trips.) I'm certain I have seen research that states that cubensis are about 97& psilocin whereas liberty caps are like 80% psilocybin (slightly made the exact figures up but you get the trend )
Might do some research into just eating caps or stems - not so much for the potency but to see what kind of trip (although the research will be way set off by my bias expectations of what will happen) and also - with such a low amount of psilocybin in cubensis it prob wouldn't make a diff anyways

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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Skinty]
#18775466 - 08/29/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've eaten a dose of just stems and had a visual trip. About only two grams too so I don't buy the caps being more visual or potent. And I've never noticed potency loss on shrooms that have sporulated
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Skinty]
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Dude. IME I've had way more intense trips when I ate 2 gs of caps. That trip seemed way stronger compared to an eighth full of stems. Just giving me experience. Have only done this once.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: Elbowfleeze]
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Elbowfleeze said: Dude. IME I've had way more intense trips when I ate 2 gs of caps. That trip seemed way stronger compared to an eighth full of stems. Just giving me experience. Have only done this once.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gizmo1]
#26526486 - 03/10/20 01:28 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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No need to bump a 6 year old thread to share an anecdote.
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Re: Potency Differences Between Caps and Stems... [Re: gce21]
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