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Myceliums
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What does blackness mean?
#19345248 - 12/30/13 06:57 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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After drying, many of my mushrooms have a blackish tint. What does this mean?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345276 - 12/30/13 07:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Bruising probably. Or could be a rot. Smell them.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: highc]
#19345282 - 12/30/13 07:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Are they squishy and spongy?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Megan]
#19345294 - 12/30/13 07:17 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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They smell fine. Not so much spongy although they are a bit squishy. My main questions are why is this happening and if they are still safe to consume?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345299 - 12/30/13 07:19 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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How long have they been drying? Too wet for too long. How were u drying them?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345303 - 12/30/13 07:20 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sounds like bruising....they are fine... turning blue is normal for psilocybe mushrooms... sometimes they blue so dark that they appear black...a picture would help us greatly
Edited by Nakor420 (12/30/13 07:21 AM)
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: highc]
#19345307 - 12/30/13 07:22 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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In the car last night immidiately after i picked them, I had them against the vent awhile in a paper bag which dried them very well. When I got home, I left them behind my Xbox over night as it gets quite toasty back there and I took them off around 8:00am eastern time.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345317 - 12/30/13 07:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Myceliums said: In the car last night immidiately after i picked them, I had them against the vent awhile in a paper bag which dried them very well. When I got home, I left them behind my Xbox over night as it gets quite toasty back there and I took them off around 8:00am eastern time.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19345337 - 12/30/13 07:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nakor420 said:
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Myceliums said: In the car last night immidiately after i picked them, I had them against the vent awhile in a paper bag which dried them very well. When I got home, I left them behind my Xbox over night as it gets quite toasty back there and I took them off around 8:00am eastern time.

Pretty much.
It could still be either or. Do they break when you bend them?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: highc]
#19345349 - 12/30/13 07:43 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Does this help? The stems do not crack. They do break though.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345361 - 12/30/13 07:48 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Just looks like bruising to me...you should be fine...though your method of drying is an ultra fail... just put them in front of a fan in a container so they don't blow away...you don't need heat
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19345390 - 12/30/13 07:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lol ok I will do that next time. What is the point where they're too rotten to eat?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345403 - 12/30/13 08:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Myceliums said: Lol ok I will do that next time. What is the point where they're too rotten to eat?
Eh I've eaten ones with slight rot. I put em in an open iven with a fan because they are very difficult to get cracker dry. Was about an 1/8 worth and didn't even notice an increase in nausea. But that's just my experience. You would be able to tell by the smell though. Its def a little off.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345404 - 12/30/13 08:05 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Myceliums said: Lol ok I will do that next time. What is the point where they're too rotten to eat?
ummmm...when they are ROTTEN....
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19345415 - 12/30/13 08:08 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lol, ok. Well how do you know they're rotten?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19345425 - 12/30/13 08:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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They smell bad...they are mushy...they start to mold.... etc. etc...
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19345426 - 12/30/13 08:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Just look at this cat....nuff said
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19345429 - 12/30/13 08:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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use a dehydrator or dry them in open air. it looks like spores soaked through the cap
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: God Stamet]
#19346741 - 12/30/13 03:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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If they're rotten they'll smell bad. They shouldn't rot though in a paper bag or in the open. They should just slowly dry out.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Myceliums]
#19347539 - 12/30/13 05:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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When mushrooms go off, the smell isn't subtle. It looks like bruising and spores to me.
I'd make a tea with them, just to be safe (and also because making a tea is one of the best ways to consume them anyway).
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Psilicon]
#19347558 - 12/30/13 05:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Blackness? It means everything and nothing, man.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Psilicon]
#19349875 - 12/31/13 05:02 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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van der griegen said: When mushrooms go off, the smell isn't subtle. It looks like bruising and spores to me.
I'd make a tea with them, just to be safe (and also because making a tea is one of the best ways to consume them anyway).
I couldn't disagree more about the tea...
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19349905 - 12/31/13 05:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nakor420 said:

Just look at this cat....nuff said
Yes.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19349946 - 12/31/13 06:26 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nakor420 said:
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van der griegen said: When mushrooms go off, the smell isn't subtle. It looks like bruising and spores to me.
I'd make a tea with them, just to be safe (and also because making a tea is one of the best ways to consume them anyway).
I couldn't disagree more about the tea...
What's wrong with tea?
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: mushmagic]
#19349957 - 12/31/13 06:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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its probably because some people feel that the low extraction rate isn't worth teas benefits. I usually drink the shroom sludge with the tea, which i believe gives most of the total potency.and even with drinking sludge, its still far more palatable.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: PNW UW]
#19349976 - 12/31/13 06:42 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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No need do drink the sludge. The alkaloids are soluble in hot water so pretty much everything will be in the water not in the fruits.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: mushmagic]
#19349986 - 12/31/13 06:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I never get good trips from tea...no matter how much material I steep...idk why.. I used to think it was the heat but peeps around here insist heat is fine...so idk why...but tea barely ever works for me.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: Nakor420]
#19350034 - 12/31/13 07:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Tea has always done wonders for me. That's the only I consume it anymore. Everyones different though I guess.
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Re: What does blackness mean? [Re: mushmagic]
#19350727 - 12/31/13 11:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Next to a pc, a dehydrator is the next piece of myco-eq you should buy. They are not that expensive, and work fast.
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