So I just got about 87 grams of these so called "blue devil" mushhrooms that I have to dry out...I plan to dry them out on a cardboard in a warm room with a black shirt over it and a 60 wt lamp, if things work out as planned, if not what else could I do? I was thinking of leaving them in a hot car for a month?

I' have never seen anything like these before. They are covered in blue, very fresh, fat and round at the cap with a fat medium size stem...

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Don't overcomplicate things. Mushrooms dry out well if you simply leave them spread out on some newspaper. Unless you live in a very humid climate that's all you need. When they snap rather than bend, they're done.

Also, let's see a picture of them.

Lay them out, put a fan blowing over them, that's how you dry them out.

From how you describe them, unless it's just that it's early, I don't think those are any type of psychedelic mushrooms.

Air Drying : There are many ways to dry mushrooms. The simplest is to lay down clean sheets of newspaper or typing paper on a table or high shelf; preferably somewhere with good air movement. Separate and spread the mushrooms evenly across the paper making sure they do not touch. After 2-3 days, the mushrooms will be mostly dry, having shrunk to a fraction of their original size (fresh mushrooms are approximately 95% water). The color of the mushrooms will also change as they dry.

Once the mushrooms appear completely dry, with the stems no longer breaking apart as they do when they're fresh, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. After 20 minutes, turn the oven off and open the oven door a crack. Let the oven cool for about 5 minutes then place the dried mushrooms in the oven on several layers of newspaper, leaving the door cracked open. After 20 minutes, remove the mushrooms from the oven and let cool in open air for 10 minutes.15

Silica Gel : Some people use silica gel to help get their mushrooms completely dry. After air drying for several days, putting the mostly dried mushrooms in an air tight container with an open container of silica gel will draw the last moisture out of the mushrooms. Be sure to keep the mushrooms and silica gel from touching.

Dehydrators : Dehydrators are a simple way to help dry mushrooms. They can be purchased at any home store, and are relatively cheap. The primary benefit of using a dehydrator is if you live in a very damp area where mushrooms don't ever get dry with simple air drying...the dehydrator should work. Otherwise the main difference is that it speeds up the air drying process.

Warm Oven : For the quickest drying, mushrooms can be put into a cool oven (approx. 90° F) with a fan on if possible. Allow to slowly heat for 2 - 6 hours. Careful not to heat too hot as temperatures higher than 160° F can destroy psilocin. Some believe that this method will reduce the potency of the mushrooms.

Freeze Drying : This method uses dry ice and a generator to suck out all of the air from the mushrooms. The mushrooms keep their large shape, not shrinking to 10% their fresh size as they will with the rest of the drying methods. Freeze drying does NOT involve putting your mushrooms in the freezer.

Once properly dried, Psilocybian mushrooms should retain their potency indefinitely. One collection of Psilocybe semilanceata from 1861 in England was analyzed and found to be fully potent. More recent experiments have shown mushrooms to remain active for at least 8 years when properly dried and stored.

Once the mushrooms are dry, place them into airtight glass container with a fully sealable lid, and put the container in a dark place. Some psilophiles grind the mushrooms, if you do so, weight the outcome. It is very hard to tell how many mushrooms worth of powder you're taking by just eyeballing a dose. One bonus of grinding your mushrooms is that you can ensure even potency across a large batch. While one P. cubensis mushroom might have a significantly higher potency than another...if you grind them up and mix them together, all measured doses will have the same potency.

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This, FTW. But yea as stated above shrooms are easy to dry, just lay em out and put a fan blowing over them to make them dry easier....I wouldnt freeze them as that may cause a loss of potency, Silica is fine, I also wouldnt use a food dehydrator because most of them utilize heat to help the drying process along; Then again if you do find one that doesnt, its probably not worth the money as it would just be doing the same thing you would do if you dryed em out on a table or somethin... >_>

Btw I would like to see pics too ;)

pics!

hope they were free.

once that 87 grams is dried it will weigh around 8.7 grams.

mushrooms are 90% water.


I would just use some Silica Gel with a fan blowing on them.

I just cram my shrooms (dozens of grams) then everytime i want to trip i take a few shrooms which get perserved and some psilocin goes into the honey so eat the honey too (on toast and you'll trip.)

Ok, so I have them drying in my crawl space...I'm going to go with my lamp idea for tonight, then move into an air dry later when I wake up and the sun is out...I would take pictures, but I don't have a camera...sorry...

They look kind of like mushrooms for the store, with blue and black somewhat spotted paint on them, but they have a very strong shitty smell. I only paid $50 for em... 87g fresh ----> 8.7 g dried /3.5 per 8th=2.48 8ths =$20 an 8th which isnt bad

Maybe you ought to make really sure what kind of mushrooms you've got before eating any.

a month?! shrooms will dry out pretty much over night

a month?! shrooms will dry out pretty much over night

lol, not to mention all the psylocybin will probably degrade by then.

Judging by the stupid brand name your dealer gave you and your lack of knowledge they're probably non psychadelic shrooms with blue dye on them.

I wouldn't eat them

Drug shrooms most commonly look like this:

http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture032mp5.jpg

There are other strains that look different, but like I said that is what you will see most of the time.