Dried Amanita Muscaria

Once you have acquired your amanita muscaria mushroom the first thing you will want to do is preserve them in good conditions to eat later on. Here is, what you are looking for: Dried amanita muscaria, the best way amanita muscaria is preserved. There are too many ways to dry the amanita muscaria and they are so easy to do by yourself, in the convenience of your house. Through the years people who had ingested or used amanita muscaria (however they have used it), encountered a way to dry this special mushroom. The best way to preserve amanita muscaria is to dry it as soon as possible after picking. And it’s very important when drying them never be exposed to heat or any source of heat. There are some toxins in the mushroom that we are exposed to heat and make the mushroom break down, this chemical substances are the Psilocybin and Psilocin, that are the main active chemicals in psylocybe mushrooms and they are very sensitive to heat.

You can dry the amanita muscaria mushrooms by exposing them to sunlight, but expect some loss in potency, indeed the mushroom will loss effectiveness. Another common method of drying the amanita muscaria is to put the mushrooms in an enclosed container, like a covered bowl, that also contains some desiccant.

When you use desiccant to dry amanita muscaria mushrooms you will see the mushroom dry very thoroughly, it will also take a very long time, so, it will give to your mushrooms more time to decompose. Another way to dry your mushrooms is with the use of moving air. Simply place the amanita muscaria mushroom in front of a fan (remember to avoid heat sources, don't use a heater), and the moving air will dry them very quickly.

An even easier way to dry your amanita mushrooms is with a food dehydrator. If the dehydrator doesn't have a switch for turning off the heat, you will need to take it apart and disconnect the heating element, making sure to take any necessary safety precautions.

As you can see air-drying is by far the fastest way to dry your mushrooms, but will not always remove all of the water from them. But, the drying process would be accelerated substantially by slicing the mushrooms lengthwise into halves or quarters, in this way increasing the surface area of each mushroom.

The best overall method for drying the amanita muscaria mushrooms is to first dry the mushroom with a fan (moving air), then, if necessary, put them into a desiccant chamber to remove the last little bit of water that remains in the mushrooms. To guarantee that they stay dry put some desiccant into the storage container with them. It’s not difficult to obtain desiccant, because the little desiccant packets that come in vitamins bottles will work to some extent. You can also make your own desiccant packets by wrapping up about a teaspoon of desiccant granules in a paper towel and securing the packet with rubber bands or tape. The next step after dry your mushrooms is to keep them stored, it may be in the refrigerator or the recess cupboard, if the refrigerator is your election please put the dried mushroom into a paper bag not plastic ones, and if its on the recess cupboard any air-tight container is good.