No non-public experience, nevertheless I wrote the following in some unspecified time sooner or later:
USE
These mushrooms are sometimes eaten (and are talked about to fashion good), nevertheless people have for some objective tried to smoke them. That’s minimally environment friendly. In case you want to try, use the pores and pores and skin, which might be essentially the most energetic portion. Do you have to boil them, you might need to drink quite a few broth into which the energetic guidelines have leached. They’re talked about to be of barely decreased effectiveness when dried, considerably after numerous months. As smoking presumably pyrolyzes the stuff, don’t dry it at outrageous temperatures, or pan-blacken it. 🙂
The dosage has been variously actually helpful as “one to four caps”, “one or two mushrooms”, and “30 grams of dried caps” for A. muscaria. A cap, in any case, can vary in measurement from a half-inch sphere to an eight-inch platter. I have no idea. Start means low. The crimson choice is alleged to be stronger than the yellow.
For A. pantherina, the one reference I’ve entails half a cup of latest mushroom per specific individual. This may be extreme; see “Outcomes” beneath.
EFFECTS
Research of outcomes vary extensively, as is to be anticipated from a pure psychoactive. The psychological outcomes might become apparent inside half an hour, nevertheless additional typically take an hour. The size seems to be wherever from four to 10 hours. Euphoria, ataxia, and sensory alterations are attribute, considerably alterations of listening to and magnificence. Seen outcomes have moreover been reported, as has nausea. A. muscaria may additionally produce cholinergic indicators equal to “profuse salivation and mild perspiration” [Ott].
[text deleted] I’d be pretty scared to take these, nevertheless since I’ve this darn Psychedelics Encyclopedia correct proper right here, let me see what it says. Okay, for starters, Fly Agaric is an identical issue as amanita muscaria (amanita muscaria shop). There’s one different one often called Panther Caps or Amanita pantherina that has the an identical psychoactive compounds – ibotenic acid, muscimol and (a lot much less mandatory) muscazone – nevertheless additional of them.
Now these guys are significantly toxic, nevertheless the totally different issue to remember is that the Amanita genus has the species that set off 95 p.c of all deaths from mushroom poisoning, so that you simply rattling correctly larger know what species you might be munching on. Amanita virosa (Destroying Angel), Amanita phalloides (Demise Cap),… correctly, I assume the names inform all of it. Apparently you solely actually really feel the poison of these unhealthy guys TWO DAYS after you eat them, by which interval stomach pumping is seldom any use. They provide the impression of being similar to the “good” Amanitas, so be fucking cautious.
One humorous issue is that about half the books on mushrooms say Amanita muscaria is deadly, nevertheless R. Gordon Wasson (who wrote “SOMA: Divine Mushroom of Immortality”, arguing that the “soma” of the Rig-Veda was Amanita muscaria) claims that there’s not a single firsthand account of lethal poisoning by A. muscaria. Supposedly, if appropriately dried they’re okay for individuals who start with NO MORE THAN 1/4-1\/2 CUP OF CHOPPED OR SAUTEED MATERIAL. In line with Johnathan Ott, “These mushrooms are extremely efficient. The environment friendly dose differ may be slender. Whether or not it’s exceeded, even by a small amount, a dissociative experience might consequence, even a comatose state or an lack of skill to function. In any case, there are quite a few who want this form of impression [I love that]; little doubt will probably be alarming to others. There are a variety of unanswered questions relating to the toxicity of these mushrooms. It has been suggested, and there could also be some proof to help this, that the toxicity might vary consistent with location and season.” The drying course of turns ibotenic acid into muscimol, multiplying the effectivity by 5 or 6, and reduces unhealthy side-effects.
Apparently many people who take it say it’s “not all that good, possibly not even psychedelic”. Nevertheless here’s what Ott says: “After oral ingestion, the full outcomes will begin in about 90 minutes. For me these are characterised by wavy motion inside the seen space, an “alive” top quality to inanimate objects, auditory hallucinations and a manner of good psychological stillness and readability. The results are distinctly fully totally different from psilocybin, LSD or mescaline, and can final so long as eight hours. Undesirable unwanted side effects sometimes embrace nausea, slight lack of stability and coordination, and drowsiness. Smoking produces a additional speedy impression of shorter size.”
Need I repeat this? Anyone who wishes to mess with these ought to check rather more about them than the above.