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Today on the Mushroom Hour Podcast we have the honor of speaking with authors Virginia Haze and Dr. K. Mandrake. Dr. Mandrake is a proponent of psychedelics from both a scientific and personal growth perspective. His long and varied education has mostly centered on biology, toxicology and mycology, culminating in a PhD in microbiology, which greatly influenced his home mushroom growing methods. Virginia Haze is a prolific writer and photographer with many books under her belt. She’s a regular contributor to publications that focus on recreational drugs and her photography has appeared in many books. She learned to grow mushrooms under the tutelage of Dr. K. Mandrake, has co-authored two books on the growing and use of shrooms, and has since become a fierce proponent of psilocybin decriminalization and the dissemination of science-backed information relating to psychedelics. I’m excited to speak with these two myconauts today about the two works they’ve written together, “The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible” and “The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook”.

TOPICS COVERED:

Discovering Psilocybin - UK Prohibition & Thai Milkshakes
First Attempts at Cultivation
Impact of Local Climate on Cultivation
Precautions in Exploring Cultivation
Sourcing Spores
Cultivation Hardware & Equipment
Contending with Contamination
Cultivation Cycle
Substrate Recipes
Monotub & Different Teks
Strains & Testing of Psilocybe cubensis
Dehydration & Preparation Methods
Magic Mushroom Recipes
Impact of the Books

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Psilocybin Mushroom Bible IG: https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/
The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (Book): https://bookshop.org/books/the-psilocybin-mushroom-bible-the-definitive-guide-to-growing-and-using-magic-mushrooms/9781937866280
The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook (Book): https://bookshop.org/books/the-psilocybin-chef-cookbook/9781937866419
Shroomery: https://shroomery.org
Spore Works: http://sporeworks.com/
Alexander Shulgin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin
David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt
Flammulina velutipes (fungus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enokitake

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