Jack Frost Mushroom

The Jack Frost mushroom variety is a fairly recent addition to the magic mushroom community. Nobody knows who first developed it, however there is a legend that the strain was established somewhere in or around 2018 by a person only known as Wombat.

Wombat frequently visits the online magic mushroom forum Shroomery. He was one of the few to isolate the DNA of the True Albino Teacher and to document it here online. Because of this, many people think he invented the Jack Frost variety.

The history of this mushroom is not well known, but some speculate a person named Wombat was the first to grow them. Whatever its origins might be, we are happy to see these mushrooms earn their place among the top potent P. cubensis strains.

Psilocybe cubensis Jack Frost mushroom spores (JF), a ghostly-white albino strain, seems to have it all: good appearance, potency, and contamination resistance.

The attractiveness of the fruiting bodies this strain produces gives it its name. Flat caps are produced by Jack Frost, and as they start to shed fine white spores, they curl upward. They appear to have just received a little coating of snow.

It is obvious when the gills become blue that these mushrooms contain a lot of psilocybin, yet new testing results suggest it may only be about average.

The medium-sized fruiting bodies have somewhat heavy caps and dense stalks.

HOW TO CONSUME JACK FROST MUSHROOM

Setting a clear intention is always the first step in taking jack frost mushroom, whether you choose to consume them raw or take capsules.

Whether you’re micro dosing or going on a full-dose shroom trip, you have a clear idea of what you want to gain out of your experience. Rituals are helpful; writing in a journal, burning palo santo, holding crystals, or stating your objective aloud in a prayer are all effective ways to strengthen your connection to the mushroom experience.

Surrender is one of the most crucial abilities that psilocybin mushrooms aid us in developing. You can decide to give yourself over to the experience, a higher power, or the mushrooms themselves at the time of consumption. Regardless, after you’ve consumed them, a door closes and your ability to direct the experience is lost. The only thing left to do is have faith that everything that happens to you will be for the best.

Jack Frost mushroom Variations & Genetic Relatives

True Albino Teacher and Albino Penis Envy are the two mother strains of Jack Frost. Looking at Penis Envy and Golden Teacher, the strains from which this strain’s mother strains were generated, allows us to learn more about its genetics.

Jack Frost Potency & Psilocybin Content

Both of Jack Frost’s tests for entry into the Psilocybin Cup thus far indicate about average potency. For a total tryptamine content of 0.83%, the average concentrations of psilocybin and psilocin in the two samples were 0.72% and 0.03%, respectively (the high end of average).

Bodega Bay Boomers provided the strongest entry; this sample has 1.00% total tryptamines, which we estimate to be slightly over average.

People report potent visual hallucinations and elevated states of euphoria when taking Jack Frost mushrooms, even at lower-than-average doses. This is not a surprise, considering Jack Frosts are a combination of two potent P. cubensis mushrooms: True Albino Teachers (TAT) and Albino Penis Envy (APE).

THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCES

Psilocybin is metabolized by your body into psilocin, which also has psychedelic effects, when you consume it. The 5-HT (serotonin) 2A subtype receptors are the primary target of psilocybin and psilocin’s interactions with serotonin receptors in the brain. This connection affects how the brain processes sensory data and how different brain regions communicate with one another. Like LSD and ayahuasca, psilocybin promotes the development of new neural connections in the brain.

Neuroscientists are still figuring out exactly how these modifications to the functioning of the brain contribute to the sensations associated with psilocybin journeys. We are aware that the story involves more than just variations in serotonin receptors. While acting on different brain receptors, other hallucinogenic substances, such as ketamine, can induce some psychedelic experiences. The best theory we have at the moment is that trips are caused by brief adjustments in how our brains react to sensory input and how we absorb it. The end effect is a knowledge of our uniqueness as well as a sense of unification with the rest of the world.

All of these elements—including the experience itself—seem to play a role in psilocybin’s capacity to treat depression, even when other treatments haven’t worked.