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Drying mushrooms
    #26578555 - 04/05/20 01:48 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Good morning everyone,

I'm probably 2 weeks away from harvesting so I want to get something sorted so I can dry my mushrooms.

I've been searching the forum and reddit but it looks like there isn't a definitive answer as to what the best method is.

I was told to check the FAQ but the page is dead.

What I've gathered is that heating shrooms to dry them is bad because I can decrease the potency.

So my question is, how should I dry my mushrooms?

Also, if a dehydrator is the way forward, where can I get one (UK) that will arrive within 2 weeks?

If not, what are my options?

Thanks as always folks!


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Bonstrum]
    #26578577 - 04/05/20 02:07 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Don't they have Amazon in the UK? Just get a dehydrator man, it's the easiest and most reliable method.Dehydrators are nice because they have more than one use too. My wife loves when I make jerky, and seasonal dried fruits are always a good snack too. Don't go making some janky ass Damprid/boxfan/whatever stupid stuff people have come up with in the past.


Here's a link for a dehydrator from Amazon UK and Prime shipping. 50 pounds is not bad for what it is.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: George Sears]
    #26578579 - 04/05/20 02:09 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Thank for the reply.

Yeah we've got Amazon but all the delivery times are 1 month+, which has me a little worried.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Bonstrum]
    #26578585 - 04/05/20 02:12 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Bonstrum said:
Thank for the reply.

Yeah we've got Amazon but all the delivery times are 1 month+, which has me a little worried.




Makes sense. Not sure how the quarantine stuff is over there or the culture around it. Here in the US people don't seem to give a damn still even though we're now leading the world in amount of cases lol. You could also try checking local classified listings or thrift stores, assuming anything is open and people are willing to meet.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: George Sears]
    #26578590 - 04/05/20 02:16 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

All charity shops (thrift stores) are closed and most people will not meet via a classified ad or FB market.

I tried the local stores where I thought I could purchase it, but alas they don't sell anything I need.

I may just have to keep scouring the web for a decent delivery time by the look of it.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: George Sears]
    #26578591 - 04/05/20 02:17 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

170F in the oven on a cookie sheet until cracker dry.

A dehydrator would be better but until then, the oven will keep them from degrading from staying moist too long.

Keep them in a sealed jar after that preferably with a desiccant


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: TheStallionMang]
    #26578597 - 04/05/20 02:19 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Thanks for the reply.

I have read repeatedly that this is an absolute no go due to the heat breaking down the active ingredients?


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Bonstrum] * 1
    #26578611 - 04/05/20 02:29 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah there's a lot of bad info about that. 
1 - A dehydrator runs at about 170 with no potency loss
2 - making tea gets it up over 200 and a lot of people use the method

Use your own mind and do what you feel will work


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: TheStallionMang]
    #26578627 - 04/05/20 02:50 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

:whathesaid:


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    #26578825 - 04/05/20 06:41 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Mystic E]
    #26578953 - 04/05/20 08:24 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

just go buy a dehydrator now. save yourself the headache cuz thats what ul end up doin anyway. you can get 1 at a second hand store for 20$ or less. fans and damp rid and ovens or any of that other home made type shit. it dont work for nothing. you will just end up wasting time and lowering the potency of your mushrooms only to end up getting a dehydrator anyway. i know thats what i and several others before me have done. anything other than a dehydrator wont get them 100% completely cracker dry. all other methods really only get them as dry as the air in the enviroment they are in


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    #26578997 - 04/05/20 08:58 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Mystic E]
    #26579124 - 04/05/20 09:59 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

well you dont have to agree with me. im just tellin u that you may think they are dry but in all reality they are only as dry as the environment they are being dried in. that is fact and has been proven over and over again. im only trying to help save you time and save your mushrooms from molding during storage. and also save from a loss of potency due to the degradation of molding and or the oxidization that occurs during a longer drying process


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: jcm4620]
    #26579168 - 04/05/20 10:24 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Your reply wasn't to the OP, me :smile:

But thanks for your reply. I'll have a look for a dehydrator, I just pray that I can get one from somewhere in time.


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    #26579289 - 04/05/20 11:25 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Mystic E]
    #26579333 - 04/05/20 11:47 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

wasnt really directing at any one poster. i was just stating in general what i have found to be the case through my own experience of trying other methods. when i first started i also tried all that shit only to end up going to get a dehydrator anyway. so i just wanted to let everyone who may be trying to avoid getting one to save a few bucks know that its not worth the hassle was all. you will totally thank yourself in the long run for having made the investment.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: jcm4620]
    #26579455 - 04/05/20 12:51 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

In an emergency, you can build a drying box.


This is just a plastic box with a tight fitting lid, some 6mm wire screen, and CaCl sold as Damp Rid
or DriRite here in the U.S. It is usually in the paint section of whatever a hardware store is called in the U.K.
I have used this for years. It takes a couple of days, but they will be cracker dry and without much
loss of potency. Just don't let the mushrooms touch the desiccant.


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: oldest hippie]
    #26579468 - 04/05/20 12:57 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

thats the kind of garbage im talking about staying away from


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: jcm4620] * 1
    #26579484 - 04/05/20 01:07 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Well if he can't find a dehydrator in time he could use this technique. Better than not drying at all and letting the mushies go slimey


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Re: Drying mushrooms [Re: Mystic E]
    #26579490 - 04/05/20 01:09 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

:whathesaid:


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