Shroom Stems

pokesalotasmot said:

Just give me all your stems, i'll eat them if you don't want them.

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Only if you'll share... lol I wonder if the cap even makes up 4% of the total weight

All i can say is after many years and many strains abused, dont wate any of the holy shroom.
Caps, Stems all get ya there.

If you do decide to just go for caps, then save all ya stems and post them to me.
all tickets to the dark side are most welcome.

Arsenic is in all mushrooms! along with other trace elements.
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/AustMycolSoc/Journal/1997/ISS16(3)_Sept97_1.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=0af184adc4d08a10028642f47204aa57

http://www.scitopics.com/Trace_elements_in_wild_edible_mushrooms.html

Read the studies arsenic has been found in ALL mushrooms the ones you trip on and the ones you buy in the grocery store.

colombiangrower said:

Arsenic is in all mushrooms! along with other trace elements.
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/AustMycolSoc/Journal/1997/ISS16(3)_Sept97_1.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=0af184adc4d08a10028642f47204aa57

http://www.scitopics.com/Trace_elements_in_wild_edible_mushrooms.html

Read the studies arsenic has been found in ALL mushrooms the ones you trip on and the ones you buy in the grocery store.

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Now, I'm not saying you are wrong, but you do realize that none of those links you posted specifically called out psilocybe mushrooms? They did list commercially available mushrooms, yes, but these reports are from mushrooms tested around polluted mining/factory areas. OF COURSE these mushrooms are going to have arsenic, and cadmium, and mercury, and lead....etc etc, in that environment, why wouldn't they?

Im not saying this all isn't possible, its just that I've never really heard of arsenic being in ALL mushrooms ALL the time, and just because you say so, and you don't exactly have sound proof to back your claims.....I should believe it? One of those links was for wild mushrooms growing in australia?

Its not that I don't believe you, just show me a better source of information.

I would say the majority of psilocybin and psilocin are found in the stem. The cap only accounts for what 15% of the mass? I've grown albino Penis Envy and those stems were an inch thick and about twice as dense as the cap. I actually used a hack saw to cut them up into bite sized pieces and the pieces turned the darkest blue I've ever seen. Bluing stems indicated the oxidation of psilocybin, although not an indicator of relative potency, it certainly shows there is plenty of psilocybin and psilocin in the stem.

I've heard that the cap contains a slightly higher concentration of psilocybin from several people experienced with mushrooms, but not much variance to make it an issue. I feel that the individual genetics of each mushroom will have a far greater effect on potency. Levels of psilocybin and psilocin will vary unpredictably from one mushroom to another and one flush to the next when using a multi spore innoculation so I feel it is a generalization at the very least to say a cap is more potent then the stem.

I'd sell only caps.........if I was extracting the psilocybin/psilocin from the stems for personal use.

I ate stems the first 2 times I did shrooms and I still got ripped soo just eat them