Rebis wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:43 pmWell, I gathered some more this afternoon . It was my third hunt, and I'm finding about 8 to 12 mushrooms per hunt. I spend about a couple of hours foraging, before heading back home for teatime.Rebis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:51 pmI will. Tomorrow probably, or Saturday when early morning rain is forecast.Marv wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:50 pmI can't say, I haven't tried. I don't wash the dirt when it is sticks too hard to the skin but hopefully they will still have good strength since the rain doesn't wash down all the actives neither...
Also go find some more, I'm sure you will find what you need !
Thanks you.
Rebis.
I've put them in my dehydrator at the lowest temperature possible the machine can do, of 40c. I'll see how long it will takes for them to dry.
I've chosen the lowest temperature the dehydrator can do, because Teeter mentions in his book 'Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality', the following:
Page 35:Page 35:Drying the herb in the sun produces a trace of a variant of Ibotenic Acid called Muscazone; this is far less less potent than Muscimol with a different affect.Teeter also mentions on page 36:Processing also has an effect on chemical makeup. Shaded cool drying producing more Muscimol than sun drying. Heated drying’s effect varies with temperatures, and above 130.F [about 54C] the mushroom cooks and the heat begins to breakdown these chemicals. Room temperature of up to 120.F [about 48C] seems to be about the best in my experience to me [Teeter].The above makes me wonder if, therefore, it would be best to collect AM mushrooms that have grown in the undergrowth, in the shade, rather than the mushrooms growing in more open places?Ibotenic Acid if exposed to ultraviolet light produces Muscazone. Muscazone has less potency than Muscimol but more than Ibotenic Acid does. It is present only in trace amounts in the herb.
Nearly forgot to mention - I now clean my AMs by gently scraping the mushroom top clean with a blunt knife, and then give them a final wipe with a damp sponge - it works a treat.
Best wishes,
Rebis.
Teeter's book isn't an instruction manual. He's only reporting on the traditons. See my video on lore V science.
Let me help clear up some thing for ya. Water and Amanita are not a good mix. The rain WILL wash out the actives as will rinsing them off at home and most certainly soaking them. So no water. Brush them off, pick things off of them but no water.
Drying without heat means there will be NO conversion of ibotenic acid. IF you use a dehydrator, put the heat in the temperature range I talk about in my video on drying and you will convert up to 30% of your ibo.
Right now I am getting conflicting information about sun drying converting ibo or not. But it won't cause them to be inactive while they are still in the ground.
Does that help for all of you in this thread so far? Hope so