I've been asked several times "How many types of shrooms out there can get you high?" In terms of known mushrooms that contain psilocybin, the list goes on and on.
Basically what's available to us is a very small percentage of what's actually out there, unless you want to start foraging your own magic mushrooms.
The major psilocybin genera consists of 73 species which then each have different strains. Of those 73, Psilocybe cubensis are by far the most available and widely distributed. This is mainly because they are so easy to cultivate, especially indoors. At the bottom of this page is a chart of 12 selected species comparing psilocybin percentage.
Growers and mycologists have discovered more and more mushrooms and they are constantly experimenting and creating new strains, mostly all P. cubnesis.
Below is a list of shrooms that I have personally tried on more than one occasion. I've included some basic info on each type, based on research and my own experience . For full detailed reviews check out the Trip Reports page.
I will continue to add more as I get my hands on new strains.
Species - %Psilocybin
"blue angles" "blue runners" "azzies" "flying saucers"
"liberty caps"
"wavy caps"
one of the few Psilocybe mushrooms known to grow magic truffles
as mentioned above, the most common with over 60 strains
"landslide mushroom"
"blue legs" "blue ringers"
"blue haired psilocybe"
This chart was cited from Paul Stamets' "Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World"
This chart represents the maximum percentage of psilocybin found in each species based on dry weight of 1 gram. This was put together by well known mycologist and psychonaut Paul Stamets, and is based on 20 years of research.
Notice that P. cubensis is right in the middle of the scale. That tells you that there are shrooms out there much stronger than these.
Most of the species listed on this chart are found growing solely in the wild with the exception of P. cubensis. As mentioned above, cultivators have been able to easily grow this species of mushroom with indoor setups and these have taken off in the recreational and medicinal world.
Most of the other mushrooms listed require natural conditions that are very difficult to mimic with a man-made setup which is why they are so rare in the cultivation world.
Liberty caps can be found growing in forests across North America especially on the west coast. For years these were the most popular shroom. People would go out and forage them themselves until large professional grow ops started using cubensis mushrooms, which have now taken over the market.
What's not shown on this chart is the percentage of baeocystin. Baeocystin is another chemical found in these mushrooms. It is actually under-researched, but they have recently discovered that it can alter the state of mind just like psilocybin. This is very interesting because while cubensis mushrooms have very low amounts of baeocystin, some of these other mushrooms on the chart have higher percentages. Liberty caps and azzies are the two with the highest. The reason this is so interesting is because they may provide a different experience than what most users are used to due to the fact most of what's available is from the cubensis family.
Stay tuned as I hope to get my hands on some of these other species as the research continues...
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