Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Shroom Spores: Where and How to Get Them | DoubleBlind () It’s also important to keep in mind that although some regions have decriminalized at the local level, magic mushrooms remain federally illegal. As such, it’s important to research your local laws before cultivating. The same goes for the possession or sale fresh and dried psilocybin mushrooms.īeginning in 2020, some cities in the United States have decriminalized the non-commercial cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms, including Seattle, Detroit, and several other places. As soon as spores begin to germinate into mycelium, law enforcement can legally charge you with cultivation or possession of a controlled substance. Both mycelium and fruiting mushrooms contain psilocybin, which is federally illegal. While you may be in your legal right to buy spores, germinating them is still prohibited in most regions. When Magic Mushroom Spores Become Illegal Rather, they are supposed to remain spores. Many traders articulate that they are selling spores for “educational purposes” or for “research and identification purposes” to clarify that the spores are not intended for mushroom cultivation. states can legally buy spores so long as the spores do not germinate. By “research or educational purposes,” Chong is referring to buying spores with the intent to study, research, identify, or other non-germination purposes. Still, for everywhere else in the United States, buying spores still comes with its own risks.Īs Ophelia Chong explains, “Buyers should be aware that buying spores is only for research or education purposes, growing psilocybin is illegal.” Chong is the founder of Mogu.Care, a retailer for adaptogenic plants, and an advisor to DoubleBlind’s course on how to grow mushrooms.īut, you don’t have to be a scientist to buy spores. In Georgia and Idaho, the sale, transport, and possession of psilocybin spores is banned outright. Bonafide researchers and research institutions, however, can legally possess and acquire viable spores. The state of California has written laws that specifically ban the sale, transport, and gifting of spores with the intent to germinate.
But, not all states have been so lax in their legal rhetoric about spores.
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