Magic Mushroom Bars
‘Shrooms or ‘magic mushrooms’ grow in the wild. They can be swallowed or made into tea.
Also called:
- Agaric
- Amani
- Liberties
- Liberty Caps
- Magics
- Mushies
- Philosopher’s Stones
- Shrooms
Quick info
How the drug works varies from person to person
- – How you might feel
- Giggly, excited, confused and/or paranoid, anxious, overwhelmed.
- – Effects on your body
- Nausea/vomiting, distortion of sound and vision – hallucinations and ‘tripping’.
- – How long it takes to work
- Can take more than 30 mins to work so wait before you take another dose.
- – How long the effects last
- The effects can last up to 5 hours.
- – Common risks
- Eating a poisonous mushroom by mistake is a big risk if you don’t know what you’re eating. If you feel unhappy or are with people you don’t trust, then you’re more likely to have a bad time.
- – Mixing drugs
- Mixing drugs is always risky but some mixtures are more dangerous than others.
a. What does it look like?
Many poisonous mushrooms look very similar to ‘magic mushrooms’ and it’s easy for pickers to mistake them. People have fallen severely ill or even died from eating a poisonous mushroom.
Magic mushrooms are often sold raw or dried. In the UK, the most common types are liberty caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) and fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).
- Liberty caps look like small tan-colored mushrooms
- Fly agarics look like red and white spotted toadstools
It’s important to know that some types of magic mushroom are stronger than others. For example, the fly agaric mushroom is usually more potent than the liberty cap mushroom.
Liquid psilocybin is another way of taking magic mushrooms. It’s made by extracting psilocybin, the naturally occurring psychedelic drug found in mushrooms like liberty caps, and is a clearish pale brown color. It comes in vials (small bottles).
b. What does it taste/smell like?
Liberty caps are usually eaten raw and have a strong earthy taste and rubber-like texture – which makes them very chewy.
They don’t taste like the mushrooms you cook with at home, and some people try to hide the flavor by putting them in an omelette or in tea.
a. By eating it
After picking, liberty caps are often eaten raw or are dried out and stored. People don’t tend to eat fly agaric mushrooms raw as they can make you feel very sick.
b. By drinking it
Some people make tea from dried mushrooms.
c. By taking drops of liquid psilocybin
Liquid psilocybin is made by extracting psilocybin, the naturally occurring psychedelic drug found in mushrooms like liberty caps.
a. How does it make you feel?
The strength of magic mushroom bars varies depending on their freshness, the season and where they grow. It’s very difficult to predict the strength of magic mushroom bars.
For most people, the world appears distorted when they take mushroom bars. Colors, sounds, objects and even time can all seem very different.
Some people get mild hallucinations, which are also called ‘visuals’.
Taking mushrooms can make you feel:
- very giggly
- euphoric
- in awe of the people and things around you
- energized
- excited
It can also make you feel:
- paranoid
- anxious
- panicked
- overwhelmed
- like vomiting
How you feel will be affected by how much you take, your surroundings, who you’re with and how comfortable you are with them, as well as by your mood.
So if you’re in a bad mood, feeling worried or depressed, the magic mushroom bars might just make those feelings worse.
b. How does it make people behave?
This depends on how many magic mushroom bars the person takes. If the person takes a small dose of mushrooms you may not even notice that they’re on it.
People who take larger doses of mushroom bars can act unpredictably. They can laugh a lot, become fixated on certain things, be emotional or get paranoid.
How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size and what other drugs you may have also taken.
If you feel like you’re having or are going to have a bad trip, let your friends know and get their help. Go to a nice quiet spot where you feel safe and can relax.
a. How long will it be detectable?
Psilocybin is detectable for up to 8 hours.
How long a drug can be detected for depends on how much is taken and which testing kit is used. This is only a general guide.
a. Physical health risks
The biggest danger to your health when taking magic mushrooms is eating a poisonous mushroom by mistake.
There are many types of mushroom bars in the UK and some, like the fly agaric, can kill you.
If you have eaten poisonous mushrooms you’ll soon know, and you’ll need to get medical help as soon as possible. Always keep an example of the mushroom you’ve eaten so doctors can identify it.
Eating magic mushrooms can make you:
- dizzy
- sick
- have diarrhea
- get stomach pains
b. Mental health risks
If you have any mental health issues, magic mushroom bars can make them worse.
Eating magic mushrooms can make you:
- have a bad trip, which can be frightening and unsettling
- get flashbacks that are frightening or unsettling
- lose complete control of what you’re doing, and put you at risk
Can you get addicted?
Magic mushrooms are not addictive, but as with LSD, you can become tolerant to the effects quite quickly and that means you’ll need to take more to get the same effect as before.