Psilocybin

Many poisonous mushrooms look very similar to ‘magic mushrooms’ and it’s easy for pickers to mistake them. People have fallen severely ill or even died from eating a poisonous mushroom. It is 

Magic mushrooms are typically dried. In the US, the most common types are grown in-doors. 

Psilocybe Cubensis.

•  Look like small tan-colored mushrooms or (LBM's) for you mycologists,
• Fly agarics look like red and white spotted toadstools

It’s important to know that some types of magic mushroom are stronger than others, so it is best to start low and work up. 

Magic Mushrooms are usually eaten raw and have a strong earthy taste and rubber-like texture – which makes them very chewy.

They don’t taste like the mushrooms you cook with at home, and some people try to hide the flavor by putting them in something or eating with chocolate.

After picking, the mushrooms are often eaten raw or are dried out and stored. They can also be taken in pill form for micro-dosing.

Some people make tea from dried mushrooms.

Liquid psilocybin is made by extracting psilocybin, the naturally occurring psychedelic drug found in psychedelic mushrooms.

The strength of magic mushrooms varies depending on their freshness, the season and where they grow. It's very difficult to predict the strength of magic mushrooms.

For most people, the world appears distorted when they take mushrooms. Colors, sounds, objects and even time can all seem very different.

Some people get mild hallucinations, which are also called ‘visuals’.

Taking mushrooms can make you feel:

• very giggly
• euphoric
• in awe of the people and things around you
• energised
• excited

It can also make you feel:

• paranoid
• anxious
• panicked
• overwhelmed
• flip-flopping stomach

How you feel will be affected by how much you take, your surroundings, who you’re with and how comfortable you are with them, as well as by your mood.

So if you’re in a bad mood, feeling worried or depressed, the magic mushrooms might just make those feelings worse. Thats why Set and Setting are very important.

This depends on how many magic mushrooms the person takes. If the person takes a small dose of mushrooms you may not even notice that they’re on it.

People who take larger doses of mushrooms can act unpredictably. They can laugh a lot, become fixated on certain things, be emotional or get paranoid. The body movements can sometimes become erratic and twitchy.

How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size, whether you’ve eaten and what other drugs you may have also taken.

For the average person this is 6-8 hours.

If you feel like you’re having – or are going to have – a bad trip, let your friends know and get their help. Go to a nice quiet spot where you feel safe and can relax. Sometimes a change of music or scenery is all it takes to soothe the mind.

Psilocybin is detectable for up to 8 hours.

How long a drug can be detected for depends on how much is taken and which testing kit is used. This is only a general guide.

The biggest danger to your health when taking magic mushrooms is eating a poisonous mushroom by mistake.

There are many types of mushroom in the US and some, like the Deadly Galerina, can kill you.

If you have eaten poisonous mushrooms you’ll soon know, and you’ll need to get medical help as soon as possible. Always keep an example of the mushroom you’ve eaten so doctors can identify it.

Eating magic mushrooms can make you:

• dizzy
• sick
• have diarrhea
• get stomach pains

If you have any mental health issues, magic mushrooms can make them worse.

Eating magic mushrooms can make you:

• have a bad trip, which can be frightening and unsettling
• get flashbacks that are frightening or unsettling
• lose complete control of what you're doing, and put you at risk. Thats where we come in!

Magic mushrooms are not addictive, but as with LSD, you can become tolerant to the effects quite quickly – and that means you’ll need to take more to get the same effect as before.