How much is this?

That is def more then a 1/8th. That thick stem in the middle has to be 1-2 grams all by itself

 

somehow i get the impression that grainpsilo knows what he's talking about when it comes to mushies

 

Tell ya what because you are all newbs and think every shroom is made of uranium


Later today Ill bust out my scale and my pound of shrooms and take pictures of what

1) 1 gram looks like
2) what a eighth looks like
3) what 1/4 ounce looks like
4) what a 1/2 oz looks like
5) what a ounce looks like

 

that weights 6.4 no more or less.

(lol just a guess idk) this could be a new fourm game lol. guess the weight?

 

I was thinking the same thing


Winner gets a spore print

 

do i win? prob. wrong.

 

and with that knowledge it follows that;

1) smaller caps and aborts are usually much stronger than fully opened caps.
as it grows it doesn't increase the amount of Psilocybin present after a certain point, just grows more bulk.

2) you can tell if the person growing is doing it for profit or potency based on when they pick and dry them.
If you check the ones sold over the counter fresh in certain country's, the caps are always at the right stage for psychedelic consumption, just when the veil is about to open. At that point is the best balance between maximum potency/weight ratio.
Beyond that the potency/weight ratio begins to drop.
The only time you should allow/want the viel to fully "bloom" is when you want spore prints.
Ones that are sold fully "bloomed" is to maximize profits.
:mickey:

I think Grainpsilo can back me up on that.

 

i didn't see anyone say THAT

 

As to your first paragraph..first "lol" bout my age (thnx)

Idk, you are right... but me... I don't like tripping too hard. I know a lot of people here are different than me like that... like you'll never hear topnotchstoner say that. lolz. I like to trip, and esp on shrooms but I don't like when things are way too intense and I seriously have no idea what's going on in public. I like to still have basic knowledge of my surroundings but that's just me and why I lean towards the side of caution at first if I'm not sure and then re-up (less than hour later if we're talking bout shrooms) if I want to then.

 

I don't know if there has ever been scientific tests done to prove any of that.

I personally grow for personal comsumption and to provide friends with party supplies but usually don't pick them until right after the veil breaks... Mostly because I think they're prettier that way.

I think the commercial mushrooms are plucked before their veils open so they don't end up covered in spores.

 

I wanna' move to Japan. There I shall have the courtesy of being shunned by my neighbour on an ideological, ,magic mushroom thrill.

 

You did the shunning. Oh well.:smilielol5:

 

"Both the caps and the stems contain the psychoactive compounds, although the caps contain consistently more. The spores of these mushrooms do not contain psilocybin or psilocin.[36][37][38] The total potency varies greatly between species and even between specimens of a species collected or grown from the same strain.[39] Because most psilocybin biosynthesis occurs early in the formation of fruit bodies or sclerotia, younger, smaller mushrooms tend to have a higher concentration of the drug than larger, mature mushrooms.[40] In general, the psilocybin content of mushrooms is quite variable (ranging from almost nothing to 1.5% of the dry weight)[41] and depends on species, strain, growth and drying conditions, and mushroom size.[42] Cultivated mushrooms have less variability in psilocybin content than wild mushrooms.[43] The drug is more stable in dried than fresh mushrooms; dried mushrooms retain their potency for months or even years,[44] while mushrooms stored fresh for four weeks contain only traces of the original psilocybin.[45] The psilocybin contents of dried herbarium specimens of Psilocybe semilanceata in one study were shown to decrease with the increasing age of the sample: collections dated 11, 33, or 118 years old contained 0.84%, 0.67%, and 0.014% (all dry weight), respectively.[46] Mature mycelia contain some psilocybin, while young mycelia (recently germinated from spores) lack appreciable amounts.[47] Many species of mushrooms containing psilocybin also contain lesser amounts of the analog compounds baeocystin and norbaeocystin,[48] chemicals thought to be biogenic precursors.[49] Although most species of psilocybin-containing mushrooms bruise blue when handled or damaged due to the oxidization of phenolic compounds, this reaction is not a definitive method of identification or determining a mushroom's potency.[39][50]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin

 

noxiousgas is right. I've read that in articles before. Multiple ones. BUT, I was talking about fully matured mushrooms. Picking pins and the like is a waste of time even though the concentration is higher the total yield is less, and most people don't grow to harvest that way. I didn't mention it for that reason noxious... Nice reference. I like people who back up what they say.

Second, I have mushrooms in my sig pic for a reason. You do understand that mice eat mushrooms (1), (2) the field of photoshopped mushrooms (by me. It is totally unique and there is none like it) took some time, hopefully showing my love of mushrooms. Along with the fact I am apt with computers (my profession). (3) the weight of those mushrooms is impossible to guess because you can not see density. But, if the average density is applied to these mushrooms then there is no way a stem that is maybe 4 quarters long is a half eight or more... I have never seen a stem like that. Though, I don't know everything I would love to be proven wrong. I look forward to your posts of what 1 gram and the like look like Please don't forget to use a quarter. It would be great material for the forums and internet in general as a point of reference.

P.S. Notice the red mushroom glow on my mouse? Heh...

 

The most important part of that paragragh is:

In general, the psilocybin content of mushrooms is quite variable (ranging from almost nothing to 1.5% of the dry weight)[41] and depends on species, strain, growth and drying conditions, and mushroom size.


It doesn't matter how big or small your mushrooms are..... There are alot of other more important factors to consider.

plucking them alittle early might give you a slight bump in content.


I will say that a 1/8 of aborts will kick your ass more than a 1/8 of mature mushrooms everytime. I usually mix aborts in with my mature fruits when grinding them up for capsules to keep the potency equal between all my capsules.

 

yeah, there are no caps which i thought was odd. I came to the conclusion myself that he probably just kept them for himself because i'm under the impression that they are a bit more potent but the numbers are so small it doesn't matter, i'm under the impression that I'll get the same experience either way. I was told it's a quarter... it seems like most people are saying that's what it looks like. the picture is rly poor quality now that i think of it making it hard to see whats there. There definitely isnt any water left in them either.