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Hi all, yesterday I posted in the general discussion forum about how I was trying to dry some amanita persicina using Damp Rid and how I don't have a fridge or freezer so I'm looking to make a tincture. Well now I realize I posted in the wrong forum, so I'm posting to this one. Also, I just opened my cheap tupperware container which doesn't seem to be getting enough of a seal and noticed that my chopped up amanitas are not drying as quickly as I'd hoped (I live in a van and don't have an oven) and also noticed that the Damp Rid I got is scented. I don't want to leave the amanitas any longer absorbing that scent and would just like to skip the drying step and go straight to boiling, straining, tossing in juice of a lime, continuing to simmer the concoction down to a small quantity and then add enough vodka or rum to get the alcohol to 20% for non-refrigerated tincture preservation. Problem is, after watching all the amanita dreamer videos and cruising around on this forum and on the internet generally, I am still left confused about what constitutes even the general range of a microdose either in grams or in quantity of amanita. I don't have a scale. But I have chopped up three healthy sized amanita persicinas (one with a 3.5-4" flat cap and the other two with about a 2" cap that still hadn't fully flattened). I know there is a lot of variation, but just can someone give me a generic idea (a range) of how many microdoses three healthy sized amanita persicinas might contain (caps and stipes)? Since this isn't the dried 15 grams like in the videos, I'm not sure how much water to add either. As far as how much alcohol to add after reducing down the final tea, I guess I just need a measuring cup and calculator to figure out how much rum or vodka to add to get it to about 20% ABV. But then, again, I will have no idea at that point how much of my tincture qualifies as a microdose. If I can get a broad idea of a range of how many microdoses three healthy amanitas might contain, then I can just divide up my tincture into that many doses and start at the low end of the range. Any input greatly appreciated!