hmm, 2-2.5 DRY grams is a very big first dose. I've known people to get really potent effects from 0.5-1g.
Mind you, i notice some peoples version of *dry* is different to other. Theres the 'dry' mushroom which is still kind of bendable and such. And then theres cracker dry mushrooms which just turn to poweder if you squish them between your fingers. If you dry your mushrooms completely cracker dry, then 1 dry gram should be plenty for a first trip.
I had a friend who took 1 dry gram and 10min after ingesting he was pretty gone, then after an hour he was on another planet, he tripped hard for around 9 hours. He has a naturally low tollerance to all drugs. But i knew another guy who took 1.5dry for he's first trip from the same batch and he didn't get much effect at all. So it varies a bit for each person. But most people i know get a very satisfactory visual trip from 1 dry gram.
Giving someone 5.5g for their first trip is pretty insane.
Also, i noticed that people often use a ratio of 10:1 for fresh:dry mushrooms. I had found that its more like about 12:1
ie; 12gram fresh = 1gram CRACKER dry.
What i want to know is this, does anyone know if wild bush mushrooms picked on Mountains and such vary much in potency from those city mushrooms.
I have noticed they look quite different. And in the bush normally the pathes aren't that big, just a mushroom here and there. But in the city on woodchip beds you seem to find patches of 50 + mushrooms all together. The bush ones seem much lighter in color.