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Mushroom cultivation => Cultivation => Topic started by: fungi on September 30, 2004, 09:59:17 AM

Title: cooked shrooms
Post by: fungi on September 30, 2004, 09:59:17 AM
Does anyone know if cooking shrooms affects potency.
Title: cooked shrooms
Post by: IndiaShroomer on September 30, 2004, 08:26:50 PM
QuoteDoes anyone know if cooking shrooms affects potency.
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Yes, it does.
The active chemicals are sensitive to heat, especially direct heat which destroys psilocybin and more specifically psilocin.
If you cook with large amounts though, you may still get a dose large enough to trip.