Only if you tell them first that "this mushroom creates a strong stimulant bodyload". That's the power of the placebo effect.
I'm not saying that false marketing doesn't exist, of course it does and I am one to point it out when I come across it. However, in the same light I am one to express the consistent psycho-active effects of varying strains. Smart shops that sell mushrooms, could easily be mislabeling the same thing as different names. But from spores each of the strains, do grow differently - they are varying phenos through different species. I completely agree that 70% or so of the mushrooms strains I tried have the "same" effect. Within that spectrum of genetics you could give me mixed capsules and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The strong stimulant effect was clear as day in the PR's, every time without fail, and my friends would say the same thing about the stimulant intense internal energy/body load - without me even mentioning the stimulant effect - every time. I mean it was such a strong excess energy bodyload it is pretty hard to ignore - it reminded me of the stimulant like body load from 24mg of 2c-i.
However, there are specific strains - I got to try 20+ strains self grown from professional spores. They all grew in different forms. The potential of alkaloid/chemical synergy in different strains that work as an entourage effect (chemically) to influence the effects of psilocybin/psilocin is quite possible and exists in many forms of nature. This same mistake was made with Cannabis - They said that THC was the "only" active chemical at first, and totally ignored the synergistic effects that CDB (cannabidiol), CBN, CBC, THV and all the other cannabinoids found in cannabis had on THC. And how different ratios of these cannabinoids will change the type of high in cannabis, or even remove memory issues associated with THC, which CDB does.
I appreciate your reply, and well, let's call them posits on the situation. With all due respect, I feel you made some assumptions in your post that do not stand true to the situations at hand.
Each of the strains grow/look different from each other. I understand they have similar alkaloid levels - of chemicals that get processed into psilocybin. However, that doesn't account for synergistic potential of chemicals in different mushrooms. Concerning the Puerto rican's you wrote the quote -
"Only if you tell them first that "this mushroom creates a strong stimulant bodyload". That's the power of the placebo effect."
The first time I tried PR's I was given nothing more than 3 oz's with the names Peurto Ricans, India Arisa, B+ (all grown by the same person in the exact same environment). I used them over a year, every single time the Peurto Rican's had such a strong stimulant effect, I would have to tap my feet at lightning speed to release all the excess energy I had (Very few mushrooms have ever done this for me). It felt like being on 60mg of Ritalin or 24mg of 2c-i. In contrast, The India Arisas were extremely sedative, every-time. I would go an hour into a PR trip and take some India arisas and as soon as they kicked in 'the jittery - need to release energy from my body with no end in sight feeling' would fade away. If I took the India arisas by it self I would never tap by feet once, but feel in a "chill" relaxed trip state - smooth not jittery.
I had no prior persuasions or conversations about the effects of the Puerto Ricans or any of the other strains. All that is available online about the PR's is that they are "hard to grow, and very potent". I'm trying to conceptualize why you had to push the "reasoning" of:
it has to be a placebo effect as and objective conclusion, especially when it doesn't fit the context of the situation at all. There was no stimuli to influence such a placebo effect, all i had was a 3 bags of mushrooms to experience during that pick up.
But again, absolutely no placebo effect, even though you wanted to slam that unfounded conclusion through - prior to understanding the situation. As if your expectations for things overrule the thought of any other possibilities in the equation. Hopefully this doesn't get in the way of you considering the notion that their might be effects or strains that go beyond your first hand experience. The basis of having a lack of exposure to something doesn't mean that a manifestation of it has to be placebo. That is opposite of scientific method and the nature of discovery. However, now that we understand there was no stimuli for a placebo effect - I would like you to inoculate some Peurto Ricans - It's $15, and see how they have a stimulant body load comparable to 2c-x's and a boost of energy beyond the 70% of mushroom strains that have the same effect. It's a truly wonderful strain and trip.
It has been an absolutely night and day phenomenon between all the people who tried it blind to such effects. Some people didn't like it because of how speedy they were, but I think it gets your brains flying at the same speed as your endlessly tapping feet - so I love it. It was consistently verbalized to me by people taking them with no pre-conceptions of a stimulant effect.
Hope to hear that your spectrum of mushroom experiences broadens from the use of specific exotic strains - and you get to experience some of the possibly rare varying effects that are consistent in specific strains.
Best Regards,
Bi0hazard