Wild crafted and organically Washington grown Grade A++ Amanita muscaria red cap mushrooms are our specialty. These are perfectly preserved specimens and are the true “cream of the crop” when it comes to Amanita muscaria mushrooms. They are picked personally by members of our staff, and shade-dried under low temperatures (as all our Amanitas are) to keep them as preserved as possible. The colors are deep and rich, there are no burn marks, and these caps are laid out in single layers for the ultimate in preservation of this beautiful and historical mushroom.
It’s often difficult to know if you are truly getting what venders advertise, and this is the very reason we offer as wide a range of Amanitas as we do. By showing you everything that’s available, you can see what a vast difference there is between our “B” stock amanita caps and our “A++” mushrooms. We have everything from our “B” stock, to our “Mixed” stock, all the way up to our A++ Washington State Amanitas which are carefully selected specimens that we remove from the A+ stock.
As a point of curiosity, there’s not a vast difference in alkaloid content between all the different grades and strains, rather the greatest differences are in the effort put into preserving them. Caps that are bulk harvested and set in brighter sun to dry, end up losing more of their delicious scent and vivid color, where amanitas that are hand-picked in small amounts at a time like our Washington State Amanita muscaria caps, retain as much as possible. The richness of the scent is easy to detect, and although every amanita carries its own energy, and different people have their own personal preferences, these are definitely the ones that we enjoy working with the most here at the shop.
These dried caps are sold for their historical and ethnobotanical interest only and are not for human consumption; they are listed as a poison by the FDA.
