Sorry for the 2-year-old bump, but reading this all I can say is that chitownsmoking actually IS right...using alcohol to extract 99% pure psilocybin from mushrooms is actually the most efficient way of doing it without using harmful ether or methanol. It would have to be either Everclear or 100% pure ethanol for it to be a viable extract, however. The process is actually pretty simple. Here it is in its most basic dialogue:
Step 1: Grind up several grams of psilocybes that have been properly harvested (just before or just AS veil begins to break) and cool dried, preferably with desiccant, and mix with just enough alcohol to cover the ground up mushroom material, creating a "slurry" of mushie/alcohol. Allow to soak for 24 hours at room temperature.
Step 2: Filter slurry through the best possible filter you own. Coffee filters should be doubled or even tripled, to remove as many impurities as possible. Remove mushroom material from filters and repeat process 1-2 more times.
Step 3: Combine all "shroom liquer" and begin heating SLOWLY. Remember that alcohol has a very low boiling point, so if you heat it slowly, you won't run the risk of burning your house down before all the alcohol evaporates. Once the liquid reaches the consistency of honey, remove from heat.
Step 4: Freeze remaining mixture. Alcohol will not freeze, so once the mixture is "frozen," the remaining liquid alcohol can be simply poured off, leaving behind pure, crystalline psilocybin...if you followed the tek correctly.
Note: Once your mix has been evaporated, you can actually slurp it up into syringes to be dispensed orally with the following doses, provided that you started with 1/4 oz of dried mushrooms:
1/4 oz Mushrooms = 7 grams
1-3 grams mushrooms = 1cc per dose
7 grams mushrooms = approximately .5 cc per dose
