Shrooms - Dry vs Fresh

[PlayOnWords]

It's Shroom season in the UK now. I'm going to be going picking soon. Shrooms is a psychedelic I have only one experience in and I've heard mixed things about the fresh vs dry question. 

Tell me your preference. 

[outlandish]

Fresh have a lot of water in them, when you dry them they go down to around 1/10th the weight, depending on how wet the mushroom was. However, because some degradation occurs during the drying process, fresh ones will be a bit stronger than the equivalent dried. I've had my assed handed to me from fresh mushrooms, I find them really hard to dose correctly. Just be careful haha!

I like fresh because it's a bit more special, just harder to get the dose right.

[Leo Gura]

@PlayOnWords You understand, right, that if you pick the wrong mushroom you will kill yourself?

Just keep that in mind.

[PlayOnWords]

@outlandish@outlandish@outlandish@outlandish

^^phone is bugging out. Thanks for the knowledge. I hear through the grapevine that they will make themselves known to you a bit more if you eat whilst picking. You know about this? Very magical, very exciting. 

@Leo Gura Yes mate. Researched extensively and going with experienced pickers. 

[TrynaBeTurquoise]

With fresh you will be getting a bit more psilocin along with the psilocybin before it breaks down during the drying process. In my experience this speeds up the onset of the trip and intensifies it a bit, since your body takes longer to break down the psilocybin before it can take effect. But It should still be roughly 1/10 as potent as a dry gram. If you do dry them correctly and store them in a cool dry place they will still be potent. You will also have to consume less raw mushroom material. Grinding them up and making them into capsules you can swallow is also an option if you dry them. 

Edited September 30, 2019 by TrynaBeTurquoise

[outlandish]

17 minutes ago, PlayOnWords said:

^^phone is bugging out. Thanks for the knowledge. I hear through the grapevine that they will make themselves known to you a bit more if you eat whilst picking. You know about this? Very magical, very exciting. 

I can't personally attest to this; sadly I've never ID'd wild magic mushrooms. My only experience with fresh is from growing cubensis. It would be an amazing trip to eat them whilst picking whilst eating whilst tripping!... just be safe and mindful of your space, species and surroundings.