Can You Smoke Shrooms?

Byking_adm on February 22, 2022

A feeling of endless euphoria – that’s what magic mushrooms are famous for. Is it really easy to achieve? But what do shrooms feel like when you smoke them? And how should one take magic mushrooms to feel this effect?

Hallucinogenic mushrooms are widely known for their visual effects. They are also called “magic shrooms” because of the effect they have on a person’s consciousness – they trigger psychedelic effects and make a person see, hear, or feel things that do not really exist.

In other words, magic shrooms can transport a person into a magical world that is not real, triggering changes in mood, perception, and thinking.

The caused effect is never predictable, it varies from person to person. In general, people who have experienced trips to the magical world feel the same feelings – infinite happiness, euphoria. 

However, there may be another reaction, namely an unpleasant experience called a “bad trip”. This is when a person experiences frightening hallucinations after taking mushrooms. A “bad trip” can lead to negative consequences such as paranoia or depression. 

There is still no way to predict how the body will react to magic shrooms – it is always a matter of chance.

Hallucinogenic mushrooms look like ordinary mushrooms. In fact, there are more than 200 types of hallucinogenic mushrooms. 

The Short Answer: Can You Smoke Shrooms?

Yes, but smoking mushrooms is an absolutely terrible idea.

The most widely known method to take shrooms is to simply eat them: some tend to eat them fresh, others that are not fans of the fresh taste of the mushrooms, prefer to cook them.

Some people prefer to mix psilocybin powder into tea, others snort the powder into their nose, still others swallow capsules filled with powder.

The question that comes to a marijuana lover’s mind – can you smoke shrooms? Cannabis comes in different forms: concentrate, flower, tincture, and each form brings a different kind of high. When you ingest cannabis in edible form, it takes a while to feel the effects, while smoking cannabis hits you immediately. So, can you smoke mushrooms? And what happens when you do?

Understanding How Magic Shrooms Work

For you to truly understand the answer, let us dive deeper into the nature of magic mushrooms and why our bodies react to mushrooms the way they do. These types of mushrooms contain such hallucinogenic compounds as psilocybin and psilocin. When they interact with our bodies, they activate certain reactions that make you feel happy. 

This is explained by the fact that psilocybin has a chemical structure very similar to serotonin, the compound also known as the “happiness hormone.” Among other functions, serotonin is responsible for mood enhancement and causes a feeling of happiness.

As we have already mentioned, the smoked mushrooms are usually taken by ingestion. The duration of the effect depends on several factors, including the weight of the person and the dose taken. However, the effect you should expect is a feeling of endless happiness, euphoria, the feeling of oneness with the world. Moreover, everything around you is perceived in an exaggerated way: brighter colors, better music and so on.

In fact, long ago our ancestors took magic mushrooms to better perceive the world, to feel the connection with the universe and spirituality. They believed the mushrooms would help them explore themselves and the universe.

Once you have taken the magic mushroom, you will feel the effects for half an hour or a full hour, depending on the dose taken, your weight, and other factors. The effect is similar to that of cannabis, so the question remains whether you can take the mushrooms in other ways.

So, can we actually smoke shrooms?

Indeed, yes, we can smoke the mushrooms. Would this give us the desired effect? Probably and most likely not.

The reasons for this are complex. In fact, if the mushrooms were dried properly, they would be combustible. This means that they could be ground up, rolled up in tobacco paper, and then smoked. Some of the long-term smokers who tried this method reported that the result was not what they expected.

There are no scientific studies in this field, but from the reports of users who have used this method in real life, no one has been affected as they would have been if they had eaten mushrooms. 

There seems to be no reason to smoke mushrooms – it would just be a waste of time, mushrooms and money.

The first reason lies in our digestive system. As it is, the magic mushrooms would have their effect only if they were digested in the stomach. The desired effect would occur if the psilocybin was converted to psilocin in the digestive tract.  And here is the explanation why you will not get a hit if you smoke the mushrooms. Your lungs are designed for functions other than digestion.

The other reason is that psilocybin burns at about 180°C. This means that if you start smoking and the psilocybin reaches this temperature, the substance will be destroyed. In comparison, the tobacco would start burning at 932°C, but would still be fine and provide you with the desired effect. You can try smoking shrooms at a lower temperature, but you still will not get the desired effect. Even if you feel the effect, it will not last as long as if you had just ingested them.

Is it dangerous to smoke mushrooms?

Besides the fact that smoking mushrooms is useless, you should also consider that it can be dangerous. Especially if you smoke psilocybin.

In general, smoking is not healthy no matter what you are trying to smoke. First, the smoke is not good for your lungs because it contains certain kinds of toxins that can severely damage the tissues of your lungs and blood vessels. Second, long-time smokers struggle with various problems, such as excessive coughing or intermittent chest pain.

People who have tried taking mushrooms have encountered various negative consequences, such as stomach pain, nausea, or coordination problems. So, if you try mushrooms and feel the desired effect, it does not mean that you do not have to face unpleasant or even health-threatening consequences.

Another factor that can have negative effects is mold. If you were not careful enough when drying the mushrooms or you stored them in the wrong place, the mushrooms will mold. If you tried to smoke them, you would inhale the mold. The consequences would be deplorable – you could get pneumonia or infection.

Third, the other problem is in the spores of the mushrooms. If you start smoking a joint made of mushrooms, these spores can get stuck in your lungs. The consequences could be terrible – asphyxiation, inflammation, or other respiratory problems that would not be so easy to cure.

Can you smoke shrooms with weed?

Some consumers wonder if it would be a good idea to smoke mushrooms with weed. The idea is to crush the mushrooms and combine them with the grass. However, the effect was not the desired one. The only effect you would get is the high of cannabis and the taste of mushrooms. Nothing more. No matter how you spin it, smoking mushrooms is absolutely useless.

As it seems, the perfect way to use mushrooms is to eat them or brew it into a psychedelic tea.