How to find or grow mushrooms. If you've decided to trip on mushrooms, you now have to find a way to obtain some. If that's as easy for you as paying a call to your friendly neighborhood dealer, then you can ignore this section. But I wouldn't recommend it.
Preserved mushrooms can vary greatly in potency.
The determining factor is how they were dried and stored, and it's a pretty safe bet that your dealer didn't devote lots of time to making sure the mushrooms stayed in mint condition. Since these mushrooms will be weaker, you'll need to buy many more than you normally would need to consume to trip, and it is more economical in the long run to become self-sufficient. Even if you decide to preserve them, you can do so in a manner which won't impact their psychoactive compounds much. Mushrooms have been used for thousands of years as a sacred tool for enlightenment. I personally find it far more satisfying and sacred to consume a mushroom which you nurtured yourself.