The Best Mushroom Strain For Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy

You’ve certainly heard about the therapeutic advantages of psilocybin treatment, probably through ‘magic’ mushrooms or of  pen names like ‘shrooms’. But did you know that there are over 180 psilocybin mushroom species that might be the catalyst for your mind-expanding voyage across space and time?

Though some are more approachable than others, each of these species has its own visually-cadent spirit of hallucinogenic ascension. You’ve arrived to the correct location, whether you’ve come here to identify a batch of these medicinal fungal teachers or to choose a strain that most closely corresponds with your therapeutic psychedelic aims.

Today, we’ll look at the wonderfully distinct qualities of some of the most popular medicinal mushroom strains on the market, such as their trademarked forms, gill structures, and, most importantly, their healing powers. However, we should point you that the strain of your psychedelic mushroom medication is ultimately unimportant.

Any of these strains can provide a very soothing experience. It is your healing purpose and ability to surrender that determines the outcome of your journey. However, psychedelic research institutes say that knowing your strain might be beneficial to psychedelic treatment, allowing you to make better informed judgments about dose and psychedelic safety.

Therapeutic Psychedelic Mushroom Species & Strains

Magic Mushrooms: Psilocybe Cubensis

When we think about medicinal psychedelic mushrooms, we typically think of Psilocybe cubensis strains. These holy mushrooms are members of the Hymenogastraceae family and have earned the epithet “golden halos” for their virtually unmistakable convexes or flat, yellow-brown heads and smooth, sticky surface.

Because of their easy-to-cultivate features, “cubes” are among the most extensively dispersed species, naturally germinating in bovine dung and growing inside using substrates such as coffee or brown rice flour.

Due to oxidation, these medicinal fungus frequently bruise blue, with thin gray gills rimmed by an off-white tint, and generally carrying 10-12 mg of psilocybin per gram of dried mushrooms.P. cubensis, which is mostly odorless and possesses a ringed stipe, has been the lucky subject of significant selective breeding, giving over 60 different variants such as Wavy Caps and Penis Envy.

The end result? Carefully selected hybrid mushroom species with desirable features isolated to create enhanced hallucinogenic effects (up to 12x more strong) and greater adaption to uncertain environmental circumstances.

Psilocybe cubensis may be distinguished from its derivatives by its disproportionately large stem size and expanded crowns. Let us now investigate the numerous genetic analogs of these psychoactive mushrooms.

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Golden Teacher’

‘Golden Teacher’ is one of the most popular therapeutic psychedelic mushroom strains. Their generous, smooth-to-the-touch crowns have a burnt-orange hue that fades into a somewhat lighter, somewhat-girthy stem. Traveling with Golden Teachers will take you on an insightful journey.

This cultivar is rated medium-strength in terms of potency, with 0.63% psilocybin, 0.60% psilocin, and 0.25% baeocystin, with a trip length of 2-4 hours, making it an ideal strain for the inexperienced traveler. However, the medicinal properties of these tough tiny mushrooms should not be underestimated.In truth, Golden Teachers gain notoriety by imparting a palpable sense of ancient knowledge through soothing sentiments of heart-centered warmth and compassion. Their experiences are frequently associated with a sense of educational clarity, providing the ideal blend of awareness development and ecstatic delight.

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Albino Goodies’

‘Albino Goodies,’ often known as albino mushrooms, are a hybrid of the strains Golden Teacher and Albino A+ (AA+). They’re frequently regarded as one of the most potent strains of cubensis, and this widespread belief stems from the concept that AA+ is biochemically comparable to Panaeolus, which would explain why their potency (0.75% – 2%) is so highly sought-after.

This dynamic mix meticulously isolates the unreserved knowledge revered in Golden Teacher strains to generate revelatory experiences that leverage the AA+’s allegedly faster-acting, physically-racing intensity.

Though the name implies that AA+ is albino, its cream-colored fruiting body is more akin to a leucistic classification, with evident symptoms of diminished pigmentation. When combined with Golden Teachers, these ghostly mushrooms have a somewhat sun-kissed cap, preferring a low amount of light and spreading a concentration on physical feelings, or what some refer to as a “body high.”

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Flying Saucers’

Psilocybe azurescens, sometimes known as ‘Flying Saucers,’ is a relic medicinal strain of Psilocybe cubensis that was found in 1979 by a party of Boy Scouts traversing the forested grounds of Oregon state. Later, in 1996, Paul Stamets, an American mycologist, was the first to name and identify this strain.

Despite the fact that the slick-looking, rusty-orange flesh of this strain produces 25 mg of psilocybin for every dried gram (4x more potent than p.cubensis), the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board recommends avoiding these mushrooms if their source is unknown, due to several reports of induced wood lover’s paralysis.

This syndrome is connected with other mushrooms that grow in decaying wood, such as P. stuntzii, P. alennii, and P. Cyans, and can induce persistent muscular weakness. However, several testimonies suggest that this strain provides a delightfully intense therapeutic psychedelic experience with no bad side effects. The easiest method to assure a safe encounter with the most potent strain of psilocybin mushrooms is to get them from an indoor grower that uses wood chips or sandy soil substrates.

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Knobby Tops’

Knobby Tops, or Psilocybe Baeocystis, are the second most powerful strain of medicinal psilocybin mushrooms. These mulch-loving fungus have a strong adhesion to the bark of Douglas firs and produce 15 mg of THC per gram of dried mushrooms. These gelatinous mushrooms were discovered in Oregon and have a purple-brown spore print with a slender, white stem. This variety is also known as ‘bottle caps,’ ‘blue bells,’ or ‘olive caps’ by mushroom enthusiasts. According to reports, the psychedelic characteristics of Knobby Tops generate a higher-than-average intensity of colors, making this strain suited for the most daring, thrill-seeking psychonauts.

Magic Mushrooms: The Bohemian Psilocybe 

Bohemian Psilocybe, also known as Psilocybe Bohemica, has a strength of 15 mg per 1 gram of dried mushrooms, making it the third most potent strain of magic mushrooms. This ferocious strain of psilocybin is endemic to Central Europe and makes its annual appearance throughout the fall season. They have a strong preference for wood detritus, notably Betula, Carpinus, Piceae, and Alnus trees, and emit a farinaceous stench.

Meinhard Moser and Egon Horak identified them in 1969 and brought them to public attention. When dried, their crowns develop to a sandy orange-brown tint and become paler. When exposed to oxygen or physical disturbance, these fungus, like any descendant of P. cubensis, bruise blue.

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Penis Envy’

With a name like “Penis Envy,” we’d anticipate a lot of introspective intricacy from these mushrooms, and this strain does not disappoint. Its bulbous, undeveloped crown and thick stem contain a surprising amount of psilocybin and psilocin.

These medicinal mushrooms bruise blue and have a dark-toned look, but their severe requirements for prolonged maturity periods demand strenuous levels of cultivation care, prompting considerable jealousy for these notoriously difficult-to-find mushrooms.

If you are able to obtain this sought strain, your therapeutic psychedelic experience will surely parallel the mushroom’s 50% rise in psychoactive concentrations.

Typical synesthesia, euphoria, and twisted time will be present in your excursion, however some accounts equate the heightened effects of this strain to LSD and DMT experiences, albeit this is debatable. So, in terms of dose, we recommend treading cautiously; starting small and gradually increasing is always the best option.

Magic Mushrooms: B+ Cubensis

B+ Cubensis is a more widely available variety of P. cubensis, and some think its genetic roots derive from a crossing with P. azurescens at least 20 years ago an experienced Floridian farmer, Mr. G. B+ has a huge and long yellow-white fruiting body, and its hallucinogenic effects are known to induce sensations of warmth and relaxation.

B+ has earned a reputation as the ideal starter strain because, as the name says, its effects are more mild and toned-down. Another benefit of the B+ strain is its magical capacity to minimize nausea, which is common in most mushroom strains. Because of its low-maintenance development, this strain is likely to produce your own supply of mushrooms, since it is easy and quick to cultivate in mass.

Magic Mushrooms: Burma, Cambodian, Costa Rican & Ecuadorian Cubensis

These Psilocybe cubensis strains are only found in the areas named after them. Similar strains include mushrooms from Australia, Chile, Cuba, and Palenque. The genetic composition of these strains is what connects them. Though the form, size, and intensity of their organic clothes vary significantly, this group of mushrooms is rather consistent in generating a fruitful psychedelic experience.

Some, like as the Cambodian Cubensis, produce thick flushes with a high level of adaptation to unfavorable growth conditions, making them more popular among mushroom purchasers. Others, such as the Australian or ‘Aussie’ Cubensis, are prized for their exceptional resistance to mold and bacteria.

Magic Mushrooms ‘Liberty Cap’

The medicinal psilocybin strain semilanceata is also known as ‘Liberty Cap’ or ‘Blue Legs’. This slimy, cone-capped fungus ranks fourth in terms of psilocybin and baeocystin, an alkaloid analog of psilocybin (14 mg potency/ 1 dried gram).

The Liberty Cap, which is in great demand in the medicinal psychedelic mushroom market, has a characteristic array of thin strips that run vertically across its cap, cream-colored gills that become a purplish-black after maturation, and a preference for damp, grassland settings.

These glossy capsules of human transcendence are renowned across the United Kingdom and portions of North America for their rich and extensive history.

In fact, Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who famously developed LSD, was also the first to detect the psychedelic qualities of this medical fungus in the early 1960s.

Even before that, our psychedelic healing chronology dates the usage of Psilocybe semilanceata back to 1799, when its hallucinogenic powers hosted the first known psychedelic mushroom trip, of course, following our primordial predecessors.In their gelatinous caps, these little yet tough creatures amass 1.7% psilocybin and 0.36% baeocystin.

These high levels of psychoactivity much outnumber that of P. cubensis, which has a significantly lower psilocybin concentration of 0.37-1.30% and just 0.14-0.42% psilocin content. So, if you want to have a powerful psychedelic experience, Liberty Caps are unquestionably the way to go.

Magic Mushrooms: Wavy Caps

Though we briefly highlighted these powerful medicinal mushrooms under the category of fungi that live on the surface of rotting wood, Psilocybe cyanescens or ‘Wavy Caps’ deserve their own focus. These mushrooms, as the name implies, have a broad and flared umbrella-like crown with undulating ridges that measures 1.5-5 cm across.

Another key distinguishing feature is their copper-brown hue, which tends to fade into a milder yellow when dried. When disturbed, their gills generate a similar blue-ish colour and contain up to 1.96% psilocybin, putting these therapeutic mushrooms at the top of our rankings in terms of potency.

If you’re still concerned about the possibility of wood-lover’s paralysis, you’ll be relieved to know that Wavy Caps are frequently supplied by indoor growers who employ wood chips as substrate, avoiding the possibility of any somatic motor issues.

Picking up a batch of Psilocybe cyanescens might be a possible choice if you have a trusted source of mushrooms who can validate its cultivation origins.

Magic Mushrooms: ‘Blue Meanies’

Panaeolus Copelandia Cyanescens, often known as ‘Blue Meanies,’ should not be overlooked. This medicinal mushroom strain’s remarkable strength delivers intense visual and audio stimulations that continue throughout your voyage.

These bare-striped mushrooms provide their human counterparts with an electric vigor of far-reaching awareness and are no strangers to our modern society’s hallucinogenic shenanigans.

These blue-staining fungus, native to neotropical locations such as Africa and the Caribbean, contain an average of 2.5% psilocybin and 1.2% psilocin, making them up to three times more active than psilocybe cubensis.

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