Years first Amanita Muscaria

[Tony6Strings]

I've never eaten these. I love picking them though. I've got two Ziploc of dried amanitas from last year, here's some buttons I found today.

 

[infinitynlove]

Be carefull with them things, its a totally diff trip, very dissociative effect at higher doses

I ate WAY to many one day, spoke with elves for an eternity.....

Have fun

 

[DreadedShaman]

Picking them kinda early I usually wait for the veil to open slightly.

 

[Tony6Strings]

Picking them kinda early I usually wait for the veil to open slightly.

Where I got these three, there are other buttons growing all over the ground.

 

[Yugambeh]

Hi all,

There is a ton of them growing here everywhere, maybe I should pick some and dry?
I’m interested to try them now when I’ve done a quick read up on them

/Y

 

[Tony6Strings]

I read in an Amanita thread here on the Nexus that smaller (immature) buttons like this can be more potent than larger mushrooms. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?

 

[null24]

Where on the globe ar you? Our early chant season in Northwest OR is turning into a late one for actives of any sort...

How do you dry rhem, and what parts do you use? they typically will have maggots in the stems that make thier way up into the gills as they dry. You may have a lot of protien in those dried shrooms...

And yes, those are super early. I enjoy making cratfs with them, so usually let them get big.

 

[DreadedShaman]

Season in NWPA seems to be right on cue, maybe a tad late.

I always use my gas oven (only pilot for heat) or my homes radiators to achieve cracker dryness, and I only ever dry the cap, remove stem before drying as I've heard of this maggot debauchery

 

[Yugambeh]

These beauties are growing in my garden.

 

[Tony6Strings]

Here's some her and I found on a walk tonight.

 

[Tony6Strings]

Another we just picked on a beautiful walk this afternoon.

 

[Tony6Strings]

More that I picked with Her on the way home tonight. Love.

 

[Jagube]

A tip I've heard: once you've dried your mushrooms, put them in a glass jar with a silica gel bag and wait 2 months. This so-called curing supposedly converts more of the ibotenic acid into muscimol.

Don't know how true that is, but seems to work for me, as the aged mushrooms are less nauseating, or maybe it's the ginger tea I drink them with? In any case, it's a much more pleasant experience compared to uncured mushroom. At the doses I've tried it's mostly physical - a sense of lightness, like flying, analgesia and invincibility. At higher doses it may become interestingly psychedelic.

 

[Tony6Strings]

I've yet to consume this mushroom. Maybe one of these days.

 

[Exitwound]

About to try this years first (august) Amanitas.

These were dried for 30 days and reportedly are pretty potent.

This is 4gr dried double boiling for 2.5hrs at pH < 3.0, should be good for two euphoric level doses. Without much psychodelia.

 

[Tony6Strings]

I intend on consuming some amanita muscaria this summer. Not sure why I've been so hesitant with this.

 

[Exitwound]

My advice, start with 1.5gr boiled with lemon. Then try 2-3gr, then 4-5gr.
The ones I had, 5gr was psychedelic dose with borderline loss of control.

 

[Tony6Strings]

OK thanks exitwound. Dude I have always loved the glowing mushroom in your avatar.

 

[Tony6Strings]

Another year, another trip around the sun.

Ditched the stem because the last ones I attempted to dry became infested with maggots.

 

[Tony6Strings]

This wall hugger was still mostly covered in dirt! The top of the cap burst from the ground today, was growing directly up against a building.