How to dry and clean them shrooms?

[trix]

My friend comes to me and says if you tell me how to clean and dry shrooms ill hook you up. I was like Ill let you know tonight. So how do you do this?

trix Reviewed by trix on 02-09-2005. How to dry and clean them shrooms? My friend comes to me and says if you tell me how to clean and dry shrooms ill hook you up. I was like Ill let you know tonight. So how do you do this? Rating: 5

[Dick Justice]

Lay them out somewhere dry? Some people use the oven, but I'm wary about that.

Somebody told me once that the slower they dry, the more potent they are. He said that since they're picked and losing moisture, they try to compensate by producing psilocybin, so the longer they're drying, the more psilocybin they make.

DON'T take that as fact, because it's just what I heard. Of course, don't rush the drying process anyway. You don't want crunchy shrooms that do jack shit.

[trix]

what about clenaing them?

[Rapmaster]

What substrate were they picked from? Were they home grown?

Either way, use a razor and carefully comb over the surface (do not cut it in any way) and scrape away offending particles. To dry, use a fan for a day or two and then place it in a bag (paper, not plastic) with dessicant (silica gel) to get them cracker dry

[Nosehit]

Don't waste your time and money buying dessicant. There is no short cut. Air drying is the best Heat is BAD!!!!!
They don't keep produciing Psilicybin after they are picked.
I just pick them and put them on a bakers rack in my grow room in 2-3 days they ready to go. Of course this time of year the humidity is relativly low.
As far as cleaning just scrape the crap off. As far as drying them unless you're going to store them they don't need to be cracker dry. In fact the fresher the more potent, personally I prefer them kind of leathery, but its a matter of taste. Have fun and trip balls!!!!!!

[Alwaysstoned]

drying halves the potency of the shrooms from wat ive read on shroomery.org

[Rapmaster]

No, it does not dramatically reduce the potency. Nobody on shroomery says that, I am a member there and have yet to hear that 50% figure.

Dessicant helps them become cracker dry, but is very slow. I use fans/open air to dry mine out and store them in a bag with dessicant until I eat them. Might as well dry the last bits of water out of them while sitting around

[Nosehit]

Rap's right. Drying reduces the potency, but not near 50%.
I dry mine cracker dry but only when I'm storing them (just a matter of taste)
the best method of storing I've found is to seal them in a jar cracker dry and crushed to dust with dry ice to remove all the O2 and then I put them in the freezer. I haven't had any noticable reduction in potency yet.

[Alwaysstoned]

on the dose calculator it says for dry multiply pslicobin content by .5

[Delta9]

I'd freeze them before I dried them and store the fresh frozen mushrooms in the freezer along with freshly picked weed. When they freeze the water expands and helps to break down the cell walls of the plant material while preserving the chemicals.
Either that or freeze dry them.