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#1 Posted : 4/10/2013 12:52:05 PM

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After learning how to extract DMT. It made me wonder if it was possible to somehow extract psilocybin from mushrooms. Can any of the chemists out there tell me if this is possible?
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#2 Posted : 4/10/2013 2:39:26 PM

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#3 Posted : 4/10/2013 2:42:53 PM

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Extracting Psilocybin from mushrooms is definitely possible, but usually not worth the hassle. It's easier to just dry the mushrooms out, powder them and store them in gelatin capsules.

From what I've read, Psilocybin is soluble in warm/hot Ethanol and insoluble in cold Ethanol. So if you were to try and do an extract, you would need to powder the material and allow it to soak in warm/hot Ethanol for a reasonable amount of time. After that step, I'm fairly certain that placing the Ethanol liquid in the freezer would then cause the extracted Psilocybin to precipitate out into crystal form.

The method above won't yield 100% pure Psilocybin, I think that Ethanol would pull some contaminants aswell.

The only other thing worth mentioning, and it should be obvious, always be careful when heating flammable solvents. Never use any solvent near an open flame. A hot water bath should work well enough, I've never extracted Psilocybin myself though, so I can't say for sure.
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#4 Posted : 4/10/2013 2:42:55 PM

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im no chemist but im under the impression that an ethanol soak will pull the silly and leave the things that make it an unpleasent experience ie the stomach cramps etc. im sure the chemists here can answer that more scientifically than my self. I have read on another mush oriented forum simple procedures for this and am looking forward to seeing this done as the season is apon us....
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