What's a safe way to consume psilocybin from such a "discovery", in terms of psychoactive dosage and for avoiding unwanted ancillary poisons?
What's people's comfort level on this?
Its really not a big deal. 100% comfortable.
Note: am on the west coast.
You're not the one who's going to be going to jail if someone else gets arrested for growing their own.
Still, I'd be curious to see a state-by-state breakdown of how many people get arrested each year for growing psilocybin mushrooms for personal use.
Mushrooms simply grow anywhere that is very moist and nutrient rich. Cow manure happens to fit the bill quite well - and there's a high probability that spores will find their way to the dung, because the cow grazes large areas of a field, and the spores it eats survive digestion.
However, you can find mushrooms simply by inspecting the fields yourself. They're typically found in the bottom of a valleys where moisture is high, on fields where animals have grazed. Also in the woods, under pine trees, and they grow on plant beds covered in wood chip (non-bark).
Also, even where they do grow on dung, the part of the mushroom you eat (the fruiting body) grows above the dung. The mycelium grows inside the dung, which you don't eat. You break off the fruit at the stem, without touching the dungs. You can wash the fruits before eating or drying them.
edit: comment I replied to initially just said "the dark web" and the additional info was added after I replied.
It may be the case that when accidentally applied to a sterile growth medium, such as brown rice flour in a mason jar which was autoclaved in a regular pressure cooker for about 45 minutes, that after a few weeks the microscopy specimens will provide you with a new way to look at the world.
Be careful though, It's really easy to inadvertently drop the mason jars face down in a plastic tub that you use to store perlite that you bought from walmart, dislodging this nondescript white rubbery substance onto some tinfoil squares or better yet a metal rack suspended just above the perlite.
If you forget about the mistake you made with the mason jars and the plastic tub for a few more weeks, and the conditions remain humid enough somehow, you will sometimes find a complex biological reaction has occurred in the chamber.
Its important not to harvest them just before the veil is broken, chopping them up with a sharp knife and stirring them into a pot of water set to a low simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
In any case, if you discover that you, despite your best efforts, have still made this error, you should strain the chopped peices out and discard the water, or "tea", in a way that conforms to local and federal law. Some lemon juice and/or Numi brand morroccan mint tea helps with the disposal.
You might need some friends to help with that part though, it can take about 6-8 hours. You'll likely have a little trouble sleeping after all that work, so make sure to leave the next day open. I also recommend getting a bit stoned first using recreationaly legal marijuana.
Unfortunately, it sounds like way too much work for me.. and I'm too paranoid to risk going to jail for this hobby.. but I wish all those who do this the best. It's probably a lot safer and definitely cheaper than getting your mushrooms on the black market.
But, I'll certainly grant that the Drug War isn't well known for its ROI.
You can always take a nice vacation to Jamaica. https://www.mycomeditations.com/ (edit: website appears broken, currently. How unfortunate!)
This practice is totally legal in Jamaica, and mycomeditations specializes in group mediated psilocybin experiences and, rather importantly, includes integration discussions afterwards in a calm environment appropriate for self exploration.
For that, I highly recommend watching Alan Rockefeller's videos on psilocybin mushroom identification: [1] [2]
"We are working as quickly as we can to develop psilocybin therapy for people suffering with treatment-resistant depression. We expect to report data from our phase IIb by the end of the year. If the results are positive, we then plan to begin a phase III study in 2022. Details of the sites that will be involved in this phase will be provided here as soon as they have been approved."
https://compasspathways.com/our-research/psilocybin-therapy/...
Test a paste on a patch of skin, first. :)