SugaShrooms Magic Truffles, 25 g

Delivery: this product ships to the Netherlands only.

SugaShrooms magic truffles are fresh sclerotia of a Psilocybe fungus, sold in a sealed 25 gram pack. The pack names the variety Psilocybe Amanitea.

What SugaShrooms magic truffles are

Magic truffle is the everyday name for a sclerotium: a dense lump of mycelium, the underground threads of a fungus. When conditions are not yet right for a mushroom, the threads form a sclerotium and store nutrients in it, so that a mushroom can grow from it later.

One retailer's guide traces the word Amanitea, and the pack artwork, to Amanita muscaria, the red and white toadstool. The contents are Psilocybe sclerotia, not Amanita mushrooms. Retailers describe the truffles as grown in the Netherlands.

Fresh truffles took the place of mushrooms on Dutch smartshop shelves after December 2008, when the Opium Act was extended to psilocybin mushrooms but not to sclerotia.

What is in the pack

• Net contents: 25 g of fresh truffles
• Variety on the pack: Psilocybe Amanitea

The producer lists 110.5 kcal (464.7 kJ), 13.2 g carbohydrates, 5.3 g protein and 16.7 g fibre per 100 g.

Storage and handling

The producer advises keeping the truffles in a dark place between 2 °C and 4 °C, so in a refrigerator, and out of reach of children.

One retailer tells buyers that the wrapping can sit loosely around the truffles after pressure or temperature changes, and that a slight blue-green tint is nothing unusual.

Legal status and responsible use

The legal status of this product differs from country to country, and you are responsible for checking the law where you live. It is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.

The producer prints these cautions:

• Truffles naturally contain psilocybin and psilocin; take these substances seriously.
• Only in good mental health and in a safe, familiar setting.
• Not with depression, high or low blood pressure, heart or lung complaints, or diabetes.
• Not when pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Not together with alcohol, medication or other drugs.
• Do not drive or take part in traffic.

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