ReverendMyc said:

Sweet!

Got the next results.


Day 300
Potency still rising @ 16.19 mg/g
dry weight still dropping slowly and ABE barely delectably rising.

I did grab the predehydration weight this time. It was 38 grams, down from a starting weight of 50 grams. I plan to start 10 more jars on the next run, but didn't have time this round with all of the holiday stuff going on. So in the future I will have wet and dry weights to track. I will figure out a way to add that and make a pretty graph that includes the new and old data for the first 10 points.

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Amorphouspattern said:

I tested 12 dry grams of semperviva spawn from a jar which has been colonized since 27/08/2025. The jar from which the grain was taken is pictured. I thought it may be helpful and reassuring to others because the spawn does not look appetizing. I took the grains from the jar in December and at that point there was not prominent bluing as seen only a tinge. I did dehydrate the grains and store them with a desiccant in a ziplock in some drawers until use.




I heated about 200ml of water to 90c and added the semp spawn I had blitzed in a coffee grinder.
I added water to the semp spawn and stirred, drinking 15 minuets later.
My headspace was altered within 15 minuets and after an hour had passed I was certain what I took was active and altering my perception because I was experiencing minor open eye perceptual anomalies such as minor breathing of walls and also sort of seeing almost electricity in the air around things if that makes sense and this was something absent from my experiences with cubes.
I started to notice I felt good as if something was buzzing inside me giving me feel good energy much alike what the euphoria of Magic HBWR seeds.
I was experiencing faint complex CEV's that seemed almost in my minds eye, this was only a small dose and I did take 3 tabs of acid a week ago so had a tolerance but the visuals I could tell were different than cubes.

I am glad I experienced a small taste of what this fungus has to offer. What is most noteworthy is that the semperviva was making me feel good pumping me with euphoric well being feelings, as mentioned this is similar to how magic seeds made me feel but the stimulation is absent although it is still energetic.

I am excited to continue working with semperviva and can see the hype is real.
I attempted this same test without success using a jar I was constantly shaking every about 3 days and didn't notice any active effects however many variables are different such as the fact I applied much more heat and for a longer period of time so I cannot confirm if the shaking inhibited magic but felt it may be worth mentioning for others.

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stasis said:

ReverendMyc said:

Sweet!

Got the next results.


Day 300
Potency still rising @ 16.19 mg/g
dry weight still dropping slowly and ABE barely delectably rising.

I did grab the predehydration weight this time. It was 38 grams, down from a starting weight of 50 grams. I plan to start 10 more jars on the next run, but didn't have time this round with all of the holiday stuff going on. So in the future I will have wet and dry weights to track. I will figure out a way to add that and make a pretty graph that includes the new and old data for the first 10 points.

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Hey Rev,

Assuming I am interpreting the data correctly where do you see the benefit of long-term ageing of the grains? Because the total actives and ABA are quite static after about 30 days. The end dry weight reducing I’m going to assume is the mycelium consuming the grain product itself and not just water otherwise we wouldn’t see such a large difference in dry weight over time. My impression is if you want to use the dried grains as an additive for baking or something like that then long-term benefit is a higher concentrated product, otherwise I’m not sure I see the value particularly if you just want to make tea

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Amorphouspattern said:

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What does the brains trust have to say about eating trich? I was planning to dehydrate the rest of the jar the semperviva spawn came from but noticed a spot of trich.I did a bit of research and it seems trich itself is not something I should worry about. I am still hesitant though as there was some wisdom from others in this thread warning about the potential for the aggressiveness of the semperviva to hide potentially harmful contaminants.

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Iglepiggle said:

- if I were going the gummies route (boiling, filtering and then reducing tea), would dehydrating and/or grinding be necessary? That is to say, has the mycelium penetrated the (in my case, wheat) grain?

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ReverendMyc said:

Since making the tea requires higher temperatures than dehydrating and then dehydrating the tea uses the same temperatures as drying the grain, I would feel safe skipping the initial drying. I wouldn't eat the grains fresh, but if you are making Active Instant Tea^tm anyway, I would trust the boil and dehydration to kill anything harmful.

No harm in drying it first, though. Just more time and electricity.

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Iglepiggle said:

One could perpetually harvest the mycelial mat that forms on the surface of the LC jar.

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Nichrome's Leather Tek

That works very well and the leather is more potent than the grain ime. It is easy enough to optimize.  This was a very thick brf lc. You can grow a full leather of high potency about every 1-2 months.  This same jar has a 5 year old leather on top now that I will likely harvest finally this summer and eat it.

ReverendMyc said:

Updated op with latest results. Everything seems to be leveling off.
On the original test, this is about the time that the potency was increasing rapidly, but also when I ran out of samples. These results seem more in line with expectation, but we still have 1,419 days to completion before calling it.

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