{"id":202463,"date":"2024-12-26T11:56:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/psychedelic-mushrooms-are-getting-much-much-stronger"},"modified":"2024-12-26T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:56:41","slug":"psychedelic-mushrooms-are-getting-much-much-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/psychedelic-mushrooms-are-getting-much-much-stronger","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/psychedelic-mushrooms-are-getting-much-much-stronger2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty. Technological advancements have allowed for fungal cells to more easily be manipulated during breeding, and developments in chromatographic potency testing enables growers to dial in on what alteration methods result in stronger mushrooms, which can be sold to consumers at prices in excess of $10 per gram more. The arrival of such methods means the era of amateur \u201cbro science\u201d in psychedelic mycology is over, Mattucci says. The age of uninformed tinkering and anecdote-driven science is giving way to cultivation driven by deeper and more complex scientific\u2014and mycological\u2014knowledge. \u201cThis is only the beginning\u201d of super-strength potencies, Mattucci says, \u201cand it\u2019s going to be pretty insane over the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One group that may stand to benefit are people who experience gastrointestinal issues from mushrooms, says <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samwisegandy?igsh=aGw5cDRzdjRzd21j\" class=\"\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samwisegandy?igsh=aGw5cDRzdjRzd21j\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Gandy<\/a>, an ecologist and independent psychedelics researcher who is <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/ipz.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_a5W81vgOy9VEPMW\" class=\"\"  href=\"https:\/\/ipz.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_a5W81vgOy9VEPMW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">conducting a survey<\/a> on the variable psychedelic effects attributed to different varieties. Gandy notes that some people suffer unpleasant physical sensations, known as \u201cbody load\u201d issues, when ingesting psilocybin mushrooms\u2014particularly <em>P. cubensis<\/em>. \u201cBut testimonials suggest this varies with species and generally the more potent species seem to be smoother on the body,\u201d he says. \u201cAt present it isn\u2019t altogether clear why this is the case, but the more rapid release of psilocybin from less fungal matter may be something to do with it,\u201d he says. Others report a better subjective quality of experience with higher strength mushrooms, Gandy adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty. Technological advancements have allowed for fungal cells to more easily be manipulated during breeding, and developments in chromatographic potency testing enables growers to dial in on what alteration methods result in stronger mushrooms, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}