Amanita Research Forum

Hi! I have also noticed some concerning memory issues with consuming AM raw (in micro/minidose), but I am having major benefits relating to anxiety & PTSD that are pretty astounding, so I am proceeding cautiously, with breaks for my brain/memory to recover. Please keep me posted about how you are do...

@lostmushroomforest Thank you so much for all of your comments on my Amanita Honey thread. I did go ahead an prepare it using crushes/nearly powdered cracker dry Amanita, stirring it once. I just divided some of it to freeze, and am keeping some for more immediate use in the fridge. It's delicious a...

I decided to go for it! This was my recipe: 120g raw honey 1g fresh ginger, minced 6g crushed dried Amanita Muscaria var. Guessowii 3mL acidified honey kombucha I mixed all ingredients together in a sanitized half-pint jam jar until the honey was creamy. Even with added liquid, the consistency was ...

The chance of the microbial contaminations you two mention in raw honey-based ferments is already very low due to the various antimicrobial compounds in the honey and the osmotic pressure of the honey at the moisture content used in this ferment. Though botulism spores have been found in honey (the...

From a practical standpoint is more than a culinary thing. Long story short once dehydrated the mushroom is preserved. Adding honey should not have a bearing on any further preservation as far as the active compounds are concerned. Considering how little humidity is in honey (around 15%, in contras...

This is an excellent idea! It makes me wonder if this was ever used as a method of preserving / enhancing the effects of Amanita in Slavic countries with a long cultural history of honey production / Amanita consumption. I think it should be OK adding the gills unless you want it to be super concen...

Hi friends~ I am interested in making Amanita honey. The idea keeps coming into my head intuitively. I collected and dried my first Amanita Muscaria that I collected locally, and I plan to crumble it and pour honey over it and cure it for several months, then use a tiny bit at a time to microdose. H...