Posting for personal posting clarity as well as to put out something for thought to the community.
I’m not sure what r/shrooms policy was on this, I don’t recall really noticing Amanita related posts on there though.
Amanita mushrooms are NOT psylocibin mushrooms but instead have different chemistry involved. Many guides mark them as poisonous, but some Amanita varieties, most commonly and notably Amanita Muscaria, are psychedelic in nature. Use of these mushrooms in such a manner dates back centuries, likely millenia, in regions with pine forests.
I’m in favor of including all mushrooms of psychedelic nature, but it is important to consider this for the community moving forward.
I’ve started seeing Amanita Muscaria popping up in smoke shops in my area in the US all of a sudden. It’s generally legal and ignored, but it seems like it is going the way of Delta 8 and all the cannabinoids here soon. So expect to see WAY more discussion of mushrooms in reference to Amanita Muscaria in the coming months/years.
I have tried it. I found it similar to LSD, though shorter in duration and not quite as frantic. I don’t feel exhausted after the trip either, in fact I find it easy to go to sleep after a while and I wake up more energized than I normally do the next day. I had about 300mg in gummy form both times.
Both muscimol and ibotenic acid were listed active ingredients, but to my understanding ibotenic acid, when ingested and metabolized and not injected, is essentially just converted back into muscimol. Not an expert though, pretty new to Amanita in fact.
I did find one night that I dreamt more significantly, but basically it was the fact I dreamed at all, I usually never do.
Haven’t noticed the blank mind effects personally, or any real lingering after effects.
Not knowing how reliable this commercial space is, I’ve wondered if I’m actually finding some research chemical being sold under the false name. Need to try another brand for cross reference I guess.
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I have used LSD a number of times but psilocybin only once or twice, I’ve for some reason just found it harder to come by usually, and more expensive. I have no DMT experience really at all. I would say though that the Acid-shrooms middle ground definitely describes what I experienced.
My wife and I really want to forage our own Agaric and/or psilocybes from the wild, but have yet to have success.
Have you taken psilocybin enough times to find out if you like it more? Because it might be worth growing your own, if you can get the spores of course.
Good luck finding some psychoactive amanitas (and even better luck finding psilocybes!). From what I’ve seen, A. muscaria, A. pantheria, etc. aren’t hard to distinguish from the deadly types… All the psychoactive amanitas seem to have either a red, orange or yellow cap color, with a whitish cracked layer on their caps. But don’t take my word for it, of course; adequate research is always best.
My wife is very into Herbalism and foraging, so I leave most ID details to her.
I’ve only had psylocibin once or twice, and tbh was kind of underwhelmed. Would like to try it more, especially since I have only had lower doses. But like I said, I’ve found it hard to find usually.
Well, I hope you get a chance to try it again at a higher dose sometime. Take care~
I’ve heard that some of the stuff sold in smoke shops, gas stations, etc as legal mushroom gummies are actually 5-meo-mipt and other analogs. That being said I’ve wanted to try Amanita Muscaria but worry about them possibly being a neurotoxin.