kendamasama t1_j0dvcc9 wrote on December 15, 2022 at 10:46 PM

Reply to comment by elixirsatelier in Concentrations of psychoactive compounds in mushrooms are extremely variable by mightx

> harvesting at similar growth phases,

How would you characterize the similarity of a growth phase in a meaningful way? The size of fruits and rate of growth is variable within the same flush. How do I know that one fruit is at the same point relative to it's final size or age as another? Are you using the start of sporalation as a landmark? How do you control for sporalation variability, especially in wild-type species with no ability to cultivate?

elixirsatelier t1_j0gldld wrote on December 16, 2022 at 2:23 PM

All the mushrooms in the study have the same growth pattern. I would document how open the cap was and if the veil was still in tact / partially in tact. There is a goldilocks period for picking mushrooms. But more importantly I'd make the huge investment in glass sample jars and desiccants. Especially if my last even worse written study went on and on about mushroom stability yet actually only showed that mushroom samples are wildly unstable when not kept fully dessicated because of botching sample handling in that study as well.