byPhil Dubley

It’s been a high-profile year for ketamine. A variety of research studies have investigated how this dissociative can help address many of life’s challenges, including marital problems to treating psychiatric disorders such as depression, and even leading a billion-dollar empire. While most may be aware that ketamine is a general anesthetic, the substance is also used off-label in diverse medical scenarios.

If you've ever taken a psychedelic journey in nature, or near a beach, you can probably recall your come-up and the sudden feeling of being able to distinctly see every single grain of sand, or each precise pattern of a tree bark, allowing you to enjoy nature at an unparalleled level of detail. One of psilocybin’s most striking effects is the sudden visual clarity it gives individuals shortly after the come-up.

Most of us had our first contact with mushrooms through Portobello or cremini mushrooms, which are delicious and versatile. It may have been a slight disappointment to find that psychedelic shrooms are different from these varieties in terms of taste and texture. Throughout the years, psychonauts have discovered numerous ways to make their psilocybin mushrooms consumption more enjoyable to the taste buds.