Kava, Kanna, and Kratom Explained
Understanding Three Popular Psychoactive Plants Interest in plant-based mood enhancers and natural psychoactive botanicals has grown rapidly in recent years. Three plants that often appear in conversations about natural mood support are Kanna, Kava, and Kratom. While they are sometimes grouped together, these plants come from different parts of the world, act on the body in different ways, and have very different safety profiles. This guide explores: • What each plant is • How it affects the mind and body • Traditional cultural uses • Potential benefits and risks • Legal and safety considerations What is Kanna? Kanna (Sceletium tortuosum)...
Bioremediation
We at Culture Shrooms are consistently running experiments on the strong relationship of mushrooms and bioremediation. Our goal is to learn more about how mushrooms can save the planet, and hopefully be a part of the solution. In the pictures below you will see a small tank study we did with Blue Oyster mushrooms and Plastic, Paper, Printed and non printed cardboard.The mushrooms ate 90% of the cardboard and paper but the Blue Oyster mushrooms did not fully degrade the plastic, HOWEVER after series of isolations of this same DNA, we believe we can train it to fully degrade the...