Pics from that last extraction attempt
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-the Mycelium extract with methanol…filter…and evap.
-add minimal amount of water until all disolve ,Filter.
-defat with xane or tane
-add 95% alcohol to the water to bring a concentration of 85% acohol solution.
-Allow 1 day and some cristals form(sugars) filter and discart
- alow 1 day in the refridgerator, again filter the sugar and discart
- evap and colect psilocybin extract
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At the point where you get that yellowish wax, you could switch to ether or heptane (or both in sequence) and filter out the fats.
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Hows potency @BDK. ?? I did a similar experiment on some low potency cubes. A LOT of the white wax crashed out but it didn’t do a whole lot in terms of effects. I was real excited until we sampled and did not melt into the floor. I like the clean up tek @Vegeta .
It was a fail. Felt something, then nothing. @too.spun
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Latest test was a boiled water soak and spent PF tek cakes.
Tried a half g and felt nothing. Mother solution went to a neighbor, who drank a cup. I’ll find out tomorrow if he felt anything.
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It’s not a purified crystal, but I know an easy tek for edibles. Handed down from the elder wooks. It works well enough to make tiny chocolates that kick your ass.
The Goo
Starting material: 1oz cracker dry fruit pulverized. (Try cakes? @BDK )
-Extract with 3 soaks of 100mL high proof ethanol. 3 x 10 min soaks at 110-115f. Stir or mix over double broiler / whatever ya got… Longer hotter soaks pull more of the rancid smell
-Filter material out however ya please.
-Evaporate down to ~20mL
-Add 1g lecithin when solution is almost completely evaporated. Add less for stronger goo…
-Evaporate remaining ethanol solution until it’s just lecithin and silly (The Goo)
-Watch a couple youtube vids on tempering chocolate, and you can make some pretty strong sexy candies.
Result: 1g of goo that is equal to an ounce of fruit. It’s not sexy white odorless powder, but people generally cant taste it in chocolate. It’s easy to work with, and less fragile than the crystals.
*Methanol sounds more effective but will fuck your shit up if you leave residuals.
*Leave chocolate in your mouth for 15 mins. Most of the goods will get absorbed through the ol’ mucosal membranes.
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I heard 5" is the best right before the veil forms.
Just before the veil breaks. You just don’t wan’t the veil to break and shower spores all over the place. That’s my routine. A couple of years ago I placed a terrarium next to a door that leads to the outside. I was in the hospital at the time they flushed. They all broke their veils. Fast forward 1 year. In that doorway to the outside. Massive size B+ and a Hawaiian strain mushrooms pop up every April-June. Some crazy shit, but true.
Somebody tell me that going through all that trouble to extract with methanol or ethanol is any better or a better yield given the same amount of mushrooms than just making some good ole mushroom tea.
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I want to know indoor wood teks for growing. I hear wood grown psilocybin mushrooms are the best way to grow them if you want cleaner effects.
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Do you mean wood chips or sawdust blocks? Do you know about using wooden dowel’s?
I think my goal is not to extract from fruit bodies, but from the spent mycelium colonies. Like we did with hash from trim all those years ago.
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That would work with an A/B to reduce the bulk mass. With freshly dried fruiting bodies and sclerotia, you can go straight to B (base) and still have a killer shelf stable product.
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Hey all,
Is there anyone here who can help us with our mushroom extraction project? Looking for SOPs and advice that have been examined and works. We have access to mass spec and test for the active components. If you can help, please DM me to join as a consultant.
Thanks.
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can you use mycelium for this method?
I wish I could find the damn things up here! I just need to start growing them, but I need to wait until I move.
Think of mycelium as the seeds of the seeds lol… spores grow mycelium…myc. grows mushrooms. The actives are found in the mushrooms only I thought
nah, mycelium has a good amount as well. The old “crystal of the gods” tek recommended using that or fruits
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So u can eat mycelium and trip?
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The mycelium does produce the actives as well, but there is conflicting data on whether or not the mycelium produces a usable quantity of psilocin. Most of the reports state that psilocin content in the mycelium is highest just after pinning occurs.
Theres even an old tek out there claiming extraction from mycelium is more scalable if your goal was to produce an extract.
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