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Dried cubensis look slightly moldy - bad?

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I bought an eighth of dried cubensis mushrooms today but when I looked at them closely they have areas of grey, with maybe a slight slight hint of blue in the grey. And when I pulled them open it was light grey and fuzzy on the insides of some, like mold. They are dried but not cracker-dry, still flexible. Is the mold bad?? My dealer doesn't seem to think so but I want to make sure. Also, would boiling them help?

Help!! This'll be my first time taking mushrooms.

Also - is it okay if some of the pieces are dark or blackened?
 
blue coloring is normal - it shows where the shroom was bruised along its way,.. black is also pretty usual.. but fuzzy sounds a little bad.. wish i could see a picture..
 
i just mean - are we talking about large tufts of mold you'd want to scrape off or wait.. you are saying little almost undetectable fur? because that sounds familiar to me - wait for a resident expert to confirm, but that may be totally normal now that i think about it.. oh - you pulled them open and found this.. i have seen insides of caps that look fuzzy.. i am thinking this is all normal..

let us know if you want any advice planning your trip.. :) have you done LSD before?
 
Mould is bad - unknown organisms that are ingested can potentially produce unwanted physical effects - doubts about quality of mushrooms can produce unwanted psychological effects
 
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Can't you cut out the parts that seem dubious? I really wouldn't risk it if I were you.
Also, please don't post pictures because we don't do ID threads here in any form.
That is because we cannot be expected to make such judgment calls for you across the
internet.

As said the blueish bruising is normal, grey areas can be normal but they can just as well be signs of contamination. The fuzzyness sounds bad and I would really think twice before eating them. Especially if it grows!
 
It depends how desperate you are to trip and how long it's going to be before you get another chance. If it's going to be 3 or 4 years before you get another chance I'd pick off the mold and eat them. If you'll get another chance next week I'd wait.
 
Of course anthrax spores would be of concern but what makes you think they would just walk around the corner? That just sounds like sheer overreaction.
If anthrax floats around in your neighbourhood, sniffing some mushrooms might not be your only concern regarding sources of ingestion/infection!

OK it would also depend on your dealer I'll give you that. If (s)he looks like the kind of person to keep virulent diseases in their home maybe don't eat the mushrooms.

In other cases, let's just talk about risk calculation and management of everyday household moldy cubes. Which is of course a personal judgment. Ismene would take the risk if the occasion is a rare one he says. If you would do the same depends on how you balance the factors yourself: Can you get new shrooms easily, is health safety a major priority of yours and how many reasons do you have that its mold and not just a trick of the light. See for yourself, do your own math, and please don't scare B9 like that! ;) (lol only kidding my man)
 
Anthrax is commonly found in soil - I dunno what medium the cubes were produced from.


I agree it's unlikely but i find the responses contradictory to advice that would be given were the substance in question an RC.
 
^ Anthrax is in soil?!?! wtf, tell me more!

edit - bleeeh. guess that answers it for me o_O
 
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B9 said:
doubts about quality of mushrooms can produce unwanted psychological effects
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this is huge. you dont wanna be wondering if the shrooms you just ate are ok as you wait for and then come up. especially your first time.

Solipsis said:
Also, please don't post pictures because we don't do ID threads here in any form.
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seems silly. he isnt asking for a drug ID.
 
B9 said:
Anthrax is commonly found in soil - I dunno what medium the cubes were produced from.


I agree it's unlikely but i find the responses contradictory to advice that would be given were the substance in question an RC.
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Maybe I'm not getting you but RC's are not biological material so bacteria and fungi couldn't really live on it or in it. So I still think your consideration was uncalled for, sorry. :)
 
ask your guy how long ago the shrooms were harvested. if they were kept "not quite cracker dry" in a sealed plastic bag, there is a high chance of mold (unsafe). there is also the chance that the fruitbodies were not harvested in a timely fashion, causing them to become old and spongy, possibly "fuzzing up" with living mycelium that is trying to jump off the fruits onto a new substrate (safe).

home-grown shrooms must be produced in a clean environment, and most growers keep dust and potential mold spores to a minimum in their homes if they don't want to lose their grow to contamination. as long as the fruits got dried quickly, there is almost 0% chance of contamination. field shrooms is a completely different story, as they can be found in any state of decay with any kind of life growing in/on them.

while it is true that cooking does not destroy certain toxins that molds (black/green/pink etc) can produce, i am certain that you would be able to identify truly moldy shrooms, they look just like moldy bread or pizza. if you are seriously concerned about the quality of the product, then throw them out. but i would personally chop them up (don't grind, it makes a mushy mess) into little chunks, then pour freshly boiled water over them in a mug. squeeze a little lemon juice in and drop in a bag of herbal tea. steep 5 minutes and drink. re-brew the remains for a second cup, and i'm sure you'll be right as rain
 
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Maybe I'm not getting you but RC's are not biological material so bacteria and fungi couldn't really live on it or in it. So I still think your consideration was uncalled for, sorry. :)
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Solipsis - I'm aware you are of the opinion the poster oughtn't to risk it & i'd agree :) - I was not suggesting that fungal material lives on RCs ( tho in H2O solutions over time - who knows) my apologies for not wording my post more accurately.


If there was doubt about what an RC might contain, if it was suspected there could be contamination I'd venture to suggest this - the RC contamination would likely be of minimal physical effect ( unless it were a mislabelling - see recent events) - some fungal organisms that exist in soil & other growing media are likely rarer birds than RC impurities - however if you get really unlucky it could be much worse. I'm not claiming i have anything to back this idea up - but when did you last hear of anyone suggesting it'd be OK to eat something which was potentially degraded with an unknown organism ?



Old hippie saying about mushrooms - "If in doubt chuck it out" - it's old but it's good - we're talking a few pounds/dollars worth of mushrooms here & the consensus is nearer suck it and see than it would be were it an RC.


Or have i missed something .
 
Okay, here's one picture. I'm not sure it'll let me upload the other ones but I'll try in a different post.

So the fuzz is just barely there, and actually you can't really see it on the outside at all, I only noticed it because I was looking at the blue and decided to pull them open. Then on the inside they are grey with tiny tiny bits of fuzz. So I'm guessing that this is not normal??

My dealer is denying that there is anything wrong with the mold but I don't know him that well. damn
 

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