Itsgotatail
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I've had psilocybe extracts clean enough that a sufficient (strong) dose was less than 0.25cc of tincture. Extracted from mycellium, not fruited bodies (mushrooms). It takes more than a simple alcohol/solvent extraction to make something very potent like this and not just purple sludge. I believe they did an acid-base extraction and had to go back and forth from base to salt form several times, similar to DMT. Still, this will pull ALL of the alkaloids together (psilocin, psilocybin, baeocystin, norbaeocystin and others). Separating them from each other would likely require chromotography or something. Something similar is done with San Pedro cactus to make what they call "Pan Pedro crystals" as they contain about 1/2 mescaline and 1/2 other alkaloids but will still crystalize into beautiful formations. Separated from the other alkaloids, mescaline sulfate crystals are very striking. Long needles just 1/16" wide by 1-2" long. But actual crystals of psilocin/psilocybin would be very difficult. Psilocybin isn't very stable and wants to break down into psilocin in the presence of heat/air.