🏠 Home

    Mushrooms

    Aliases: psilocybin, shrooms, mushroom, psylocybin

    Categories

    psychedelic common

    Summary

    Fungi containing psilocybin, a prototypical psychedelic with similar effects to LSD, but with a shorter duration; also considered as being more confusing, introspective and entheogenic. Usually refers to psilocybe mushrooms rather than Amanitas, which have different effects. Are considered physically safe if properly identified, which should always be done by an expert.

    ⚠️ Dosage ranges will vary between fungus strains. The doses given are for *dried* mushrooms, which are many times more potent by weight than those consumed when wet.

    Dose Information

    Onset, Duration & After-effects

    • Onset: 1 hours
    • Duration: 4-6 hours
    • After-effects: 1-24 hours

    Effects

    Helpful Links

    Known Combinations

    These combinations are considered extremely harmful and should always be avoided.

    lithium: There is a large number of reports indicating a high seizure and psychosis risk from this combination.

    There is considerable risk of physical harm when taking these combinations, they should be avoided where possible.

    tramadol: Tramadol is well known to lower seizure threshold and psychedelics also cause occasional seizures.

    These combinations are not usually physically harmful, but may produce undesirable effects.

    amphetamines: Stimulants increase anxiety levels and the risk of thought loops which can lead to negative experiences
    cannabis: Cannabis has an unexpectedly strong and somewhat unpredictable synergy with psychedelics.
    cocaine: Stimulants increase anxiety levels and the risk of thought loops which can lead to negative experiences

    Studies