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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I remember years ago reading you can tell if a mushroom is "magic" by blotting it on paper towel and seeing if it stains blue or purple. Unfortunately, that is also how many things say you can tell it's toxic. Maybe you'll trip balls. Maybe you'll die. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe youโ€™ll trip balls and THEN die!

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if the poison and the psychoactive part are the same thing in different doses, or just function similarly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It is not. Psilocybin does oxidise blue though. Muscarine needs decarbed before consumption.