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The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing and Using Magic Mushrooms
About the Author
Virginia Haze is a prolific writer and photographer with many books under her belt. She has grown mushrooms for years under the tutelage of Dr. Mandrake and brings her skills as a writer, photographer, and magic mushroom cultivator to this title.
Dr. K Mandrake holds a Ph.D. in mushroom botany and is currently working at the forefront of research into the medicinal qualities of psilocybin. He works as a consultant for commercial mushroom producers around the world.
They both live San Francisco.
Virginia Haze is a prolific writer and photographer with many books under her belt. She has grown mushrooms for years under the tutelage of Dr. Mandrake and brings her skills as a writer, photographer, and magic mushroom cultivator to this title.
Dr. K Mandrake holds a Ph.D. in mushroom botany and is currently working at the forefront of research into the medicinal qualities of psilocybin. He works as a consultant for commercial mushroom producers around the world.
They both live San Francisco.
772 pages
Published April 23, 2022
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January 19, 2020
One of the authors claims to be a PhD in mycology which is a complete BS. If you get to page 54 you will find that "air moves from area of low pressure towards area of high pressure" and that "cold air has lower pressure than warm air"
If you're looking for informations about magic mushrooms at academical level you will be really disappointed cause this book won't give you much more information on the topic than you could find on the web.
If you're looking for informations about magic mushrooms at academical level you will be really disappointed cause this book won't give you much more information on the topic than you could find on the web.
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May 11, 2025not completely finished, but read as much as I'm going to for now. it feels like it lives up to its title, but I've maybe not read enough around this subject, nor enough of the book to be sure 🤔 I also can't be confident whether any/how much of its content will become dated.
it's a relatively compact tome as a physical book, but densely packed with information and photographs 🙂
I'm likely to dip into it again from time to time.
🌿 📖 🍄
accessed as a paperback book.
this short review comes to you as part of the series: 'tidying up my shelves' 😉
it's a relatively compact tome as a physical book, but densely packed with information and photographs 🙂
I'm likely to dip into it again from time to time.
🌿 📖 🍄
accessed as a paperback book.
this short review comes to you as part of the series: 'tidying up my shelves' 😉
October 17, 2019
Very useful but poorly edited. I very much needed to clarify and supplement information from the book by reading from online mycology info resources.
April 13, 2023
I now know how to grow mushrooms 🤷♂️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 7, 2021
Not a scientific take as expected but still compared to books like the magic growers guide this guy's work is valuable especially if you want to give it a try with the in-jar fruiting which is a very simple way to go and avoid contamination. Don't expect too much fruit tho.
These guides also lack an algorithmic way of putting it out and sometimes it contradicts himself or introduces new ingredients on the picture labels that were not in the actual guide (like adding instant coffee to vermiculite which for me was unheard of.
That said and here is why it is 3 stars and not 2: The grain chapter (8) capacity formula and the brown rice -> grain -> manure evolutive approach
I had no idea about the hydrogen peroxide tek. This book just mentions it and didn't dig into but sounds like I'm trying it next.
These guides also lack an algorithmic way of putting it out and sometimes it contradicts himself or introduces new ingredients on the picture labels that were not in the actual guide (like adding instant coffee to vermiculite which for me was unheard of.
That said and here is why it is 3 stars and not 2: The grain chapter (8) capacity formula and the brown rice -> grain -> manure evolutive approach
I had no idea about the hydrogen peroxide tek. This book just mentions it and didn't dig into but sounds like I'm trying it next.
October 23, 2020
This is a very practical book meant to explain how to grow mushrooms. While I am using it for tips on food mushrooms, they do go over the methods (which seem to be the same) as to how to grow the illegal variety. They offer different methods, but is somewhat lax on how to think about which one to go with, although they do offer some suggestions as to what would be appropriate.
What I find lacking is a more textbook like approach to "how to do it" although this is what they attempt to do. What is also missing is a larger framework for how to consider mushrooms. What is great about this book though, is the color pictures and the step by step instructions on various homemade approaches to growing. For that, I give 5 stars.
What I find lacking is a more textbook like approach to "how to do it" although this is what they attempt to do. What is also missing is a larger framework for how to consider mushrooms. What is great about this book though, is the color pictures and the step by step instructions on various homemade approaches to growing. For that, I give 5 stars.
September 1, 2022
Good source of information about Psilocybin. Either for recreational users or growers, this is a 'must read' type of book.
November 23, 2022
Awesome informative manual. A lot of hints and hands-on experience. Basically, this might be the only book or manual required to get started. Probably might want to read some of the original works by McKenna brothers or Paul Stamets, but those to understand the theory a little in more depths. I assume this manual can be used for any type of grower, whether it's usual mushrooms, medicinal (like Lion's Mane) or psychedelic, it should not differ much except some species-related nuances like humidity, temperature or substrate type, the technique stays the same.
February 8, 2022
Well written with simple techniques and step-by-step photo guides to make every piece of the process easy to see and understand.
Easy to read and Written as though they were speaking directly to you, humor, mistakes/lessons learned, etc. Probably one of the easiest to follow guide books I’ve ever read.
Definitely a thumbs up!
Easy to read and Written as though they were speaking directly to you, humor, mistakes/lessons learned, etc. Probably one of the easiest to follow guide books I’ve ever read.
Definitely a thumbs up!
May 20, 2024
This could have been so much better if the authors had started with WHY. Why the equipment/ingredients used. Why do it this way or another. Why there are benefits for anything they do or describe. I felt like I was missing something or started in the middle of the book/conversation.
January 28, 2019
I haven't yet put any of the books information to good use, but it is so well written and fully explained with excellent colour photos that I am already certain I will be successful first time.
January 18, 2020
Excellent book, with a lot of knowledge between the pages. Got it because I was curious of the whole subject
February 11, 2021
interesting topic, lots of pictures
August 5, 2021
Excellent resource
January 10, 2023
Very helpful!
December 31, 2023
Learn everything you need to know about magic mushrooms.
May 4, 2024
Amazing book. Its pretty much the only book on this subject you would ever need.
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