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* Note: these values are for dried mushrooms which are the most common way they are consumed. Mushrooms have reliably been reported to contain about 90% water. | * Note: these values are for dried mushrooms which are the most common way they are consumed. Mushrooms have reliably been reported to contain about 90% water. | ||
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A common concentration of freshly homogenized P. cubensis mushroom powder is: | A common concentration of freshly homogenized P. cubensis mushroom powder is: | ||
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For the minor alkaloids (aeruginascin, baeocystin, norbaeocystin, and psilocin) the changes in concentrations were negligible after the first week. After one month of storage, a slight decrease in the concentration of all of the remaining alkaloids was seen at a similar time under all of the defined conditions. After two months of storage, all of the alkaloids were reduced, except for psilocin, which decomposed more only in the light at 20°C. After 15 months of storage, no further changes occurred, except for psilocin, whose concentration This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. increased (probably due to the degradation of psilocybin). | For the minor alkaloids (aeruginascin, baeocystin, norbaeocystin, and psilocin) the changes in concentrations were negligible after the first week. After one month of storage, a slight decrease in the concentration of all of the remaining alkaloids was seen at a similar time under all of the defined conditions. After two months of storage, all of the alkaloids were reduced, except for psilocin, which decomposed more only in the light at 20°C. After 15 months of storage, no further changes occurred, except for psilocin, whose concentration This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. increased (probably due to the degradation of psilocybin). | ||
== Dose == | |||
Depending on the strain and storage condition (as above) the most common dose is between 1 and 2 grams of dried mushrooms. In regards to [[psilocybin]] dosages, in general a therapeutic dose is considered 25mg which is equivalent to 2.5 grams of dried mushrooms. Popularised by the ethnobotanist Terence McKenna a “''heroic dose''” A is gram or more and are strong enough to take you out of your present reality. | |||
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