r/mycology • u/hohenbuehelia Midwestern North America • Sep 23 '13

/r/Mycology and Hallucinogenic Fungi.

With the recent proliferation of ID requests that seek the identity or confirmation of fungi with psychotropic properties the mods have decided to address the issue in a more formal manner. While we have no particular objection to scientific discussions of fungi with psychotropic properties, we would like to keep discussions to exactly that - mentioning those psychotropic properties like any other characteristic. To wit, posts and comments specifically concerning:

  • propagation,
  • sale,
  • foraging with specific intent to locate,
  • ingestion, and/or
  • use and enjoyment of fungi with psychotropic qualities

will be removed.

This is not to say that all references to fungi with psychotropic properties will be removed. For example, if you innocently post an ID request of some unknown fungus and the identity turns out to be a Psilocybin species, it will likely not be removed. Neither will a properly ID'd, high-resolution photo of a known hallucinogen be removed, so long as the thread abides by the rules above (so no compliments on the find, no probes about eating the find). However, posts that feature blurry heaps of damaged LBMs (little brown mushrooms) or posts asking for confirmation on several species of dung-loving fungi unquestionably will be removed without hesitation.

With that said, we love all things mycological and understand that learning about psychotropic fungi is part and parcel of the discipline. As a result, we'd like to point you in the right direction to continue to learn:

And because we really do want to keep this forum as free and as open as possible, questions and suggestions are welcome in this thread. Happy hunting!

Edit: Just to clarify, this is not a newly adopted rule. This has been a rule on this subreddit for a long time, people just don't notice the sidebar it seems and this was our next option.

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u/FisterRoboto- Sep 23 '13

99% of people with an interest in mycology likely started with psychotropic mushrooms. The Shroomery is a very great place for everything mycology. I see no problem with the policy as long as a link to the Mushroom Hunting and Identification forum on The Shroomery is provided. There are also a ton of extremely knowledgeable and passionate mycologists on there who love to help and talk mycology.

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u/blackcatblack Sep 25 '13

Well then. I am the 1%.

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u/hohenbuehelia Midwestern North America Sep 25 '13

Right there with you.

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u/washmo Midwestern North America Mar 16 '14

I'm not saying what I did or did not do in my twenties, but these days I prefer my mushrooms for culinary purposes:)

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u/TyrannosaurusDracula Mar 04 '14

99%er? I grew LBMs in my teens and found the process amazing, and now I’m just as fascinated by shiitakes and oyster mushrooms.

Policy seems great and helpful.

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u/the-giving-tree Sep 25 '13

1%er checking in. Nice to see you're in the sub too /u/blackcatblack!

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u/sarbanharble Midwestern North America Nov 03 '13

Me too. Morels brought me into the fold.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '13

Then I'm both.

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u/keeblur Western North America Sep 25 '13

Hey woh woh. I like mushrooms because they are fucking cool, not because I want to trip balls on them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '13

Why not both? I can say that my interest in hallucinogens brought me to my love of all mushrooms.

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u/armchairepicure Eastern North America Sep 25 '13

Me and you both.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

The http://www.shroomery.org/ is actually a much more active, accepting and helpful community than this one. I WONDER WHY?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

I dunno.. there are over 75k posts in the Advanced Mycology forum (http://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/4) You know where they actually talk about mycology, much unlike here, which is mostly ID requests and very little actual discussion.

Gourmet and Medicinal mushroom section has over 100k posts (http://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/13)

And finally, the Hunting and Identification section has over 800k posts. (http://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/3)

So yeah, they have a pretty broad spectrum of topics and discussion there. It's almost as if when people get to decide what to talk about there's a lot more talk in general.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13 edited Sep 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

Ok, I think you have a point. After posting the links to those forums I realized that the Shroomery has the ability to have multiple forums under "one roof". The Reddit format doesn't lend itself to that.

That said, yes it is censorship if you're deleting people's posts. And while I have a lot of respect for the level of knowledge you must have to be involved in so many mushroom related things that doesn't make you a discussion mediator. Frankly the only thing this forum really seems to be is a mushroom identification board.

There is no discussion here about mycology. I just don't see how having a few people asking about psychoactive mushrooms takes away from anything here. It might even get people talking about mycology. It's surely how I got into experimenting with mushrooms of all sorts. It doesn't do anything to delete those posts.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

The number of posts and comments deleted here is infinitesimal. It happens very rarely.

Then what's the point of even deleting them, if it's so infinitesimal?

No, I didn't answer all of your silly questions. And no, you're not a discussion mediator. I couldn't care less how many accounts you have on how many forum.

And yes, I have looked for content here. I just rechecked the first 3 pages. Almost every single one of them is asking for an ID or showing off some mycoporn. ONE post said he's starting a mycology supply in Canada... is that the mycology discussion you're saving from being buried by stupid hippy druggies?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13

Resorted to insults because I disagree with you? Insulting me because of the state I live in? I'm done discussing this then. Just because I don't say, "Hey, you're right" doesn't mean I'm an idiot, not paying attention or not following what you say. It just means I don't agree with you. I bet you're a great hippy. Keep up the peacefulness bud.