Alc Squats 7g

Alc Squats are one of the odder things you can order from a mushroom menu. They are a rare mutation of the Alacabenzi strain, and they barely look like mushrooms at all.

What It Looks Like

Fresh Alc Squats read more like a colony of sea creatures than a shroom. People compare them to coral, sea anemones, or a spineless sea urchin. Because they are a mutation rather than a natural variety, you will never stumble across them growing wild. Here is roughly what a fresh flush looks like:

• Size: chubby and short, as if caught mid-squat, with the stem peeking out from under a pressed cap. Whole mushrooms run about 2.7 to 3.5 inches across.
• Cap: dark orange fading to dusty beige in the middle, sitting on the stem like a lid dropped onto a pan, only pressed inward. You will sometimes see white flecks or a cracked, star-shaped pattern, roughly 1.8 to 2.5 inches across.
• Stem: wide, squishy, and white with a yellowish tint.

By the time it reaches you it is dried and broken down for a sealed package, so you will miss the alien good looks. What you keep is the effect. As with everything you get when you buy magic mushrooms online from us, expect solid quality and a clean, relaxed trip.

Where It Comes From

Psychedelic mushrooms have been part of human life for thousands of years, but the exact roots of the Alacabenzi strain are genuinely murky. It is generally treated as a hybrid of two mushroom varieties, though the paperwork behind that is thin.

The Alc Squats mutation is murkier still. Like the tentacle-looking Enigma, it is a blob-style mutation that only turns up in mycology forums and spore shops, so there is no clean origin story to trace. Its parent strain, though, comes with a few competing theories:

• A cross between the Golden Teacher (a Psilocybe cubensis) and Psilocybe Mexicana.
• A cross between Liberty Caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) and Golden Teacher, both popular from the late 90s into the early 2000s.
• A name-based theory: “Alaca” from Alabama and “benzi” from Mazatepec, Mexico, both floated as source spots for the parent Psilocybe cubensis.

Whatever the true lineage, Alacabenzi shares the usual Psilocybe cubensis traits and thrives in warm, humid places: parts of South and Central America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and some regions of Africa.

How to Take It

There is nothing simpler than eating dried mushrooms, and Alc Squats are no exception. The strange looks are the only thing setting them apart from other cubensis strains. Taste-wise, a shroom is a shroom: bitter, earthy, and chewy. A few ways to make that easier:

• Cut your portion small and swallow the pieces quickly, keeping them off your taste buds.
• Eat or drink something you like afterward, which also helps head off nausea.
• Fold them into food that carries the flavour better, like a salad or even ice cream.

If chewing dried shrooms is not your thing, pre-made psilocybin edibles do the dosing for you. We also stock DMT vape pens and plenty of weed if you want to round out the shelf.

Effects to Expect

People reach for Alc Squats for different reasons: the looks, a mellow wind-down, or a jolt of energy. A trip usually runs 4 to 8 hours, with first effects landing 30 minutes to an hour in, and the peak somewhere around 2 to 5 hours depending on how you take them. Roughly what to expect as you move up in intensity:

Microdose

• Lifted mood and a steadier baseline;
• A little more energy;
• Easier time processing emotions;
• Fewer of the low, nagging thoughts.

Light Recreational

• A funny buzz at the fingertips;
• Objects starting to breathe and shift;
• A creative surge and easier problem-solving;
• A genuine, warm sort of happy.

Full Recreational

• More openness toward people and nature;
• A settled, steady headspace;
• The early calm giving way to lift-off, like you squatted before the jump;
• The first real visuals.

Strong

• Deep body high, close to a heavy cannabis edible;
• Perception and reality bending;
• Balance getting twisty and unreliable;
• Time stretching and folding.

Heroic

No one can call what happens at the top end. It leans heavily on your intent, and it is strictly experienced-user territory. You might meet a past or future version of yourself, drop a habit, or lose the ego entirely.

Staying Safe

The mushrooms are not the worry, you are. The rules are short:

• Never mix psilocybin with alcohol, weed, or other substances. The combination is unpredictable and rarely pleasant.
• New to shrooms? Start low, and eat something beforehand. You will learn how they hit you and spare your stomach.
• Keep a sober friend nearby, or a therapist if you want to get more out of the experience.

Set matters too. Cut out interruptions: no calls, no random visitors, just you, someone you trust, and music or something calming. Get the setting right and the trip tends to follow. All of the above assumes a good headspace and a comfortable, calm place, with no one around who might tip a good journey into a bad one. If you plan to hold onto some, our guide on properly storing magic mushrooms covers keeping them fresh.

Good Occasions for a Trip

People take mushrooms for more than a good time. Approached with the right attitude, they suit a few situations especially well:

• Personal or spiritual reflection. The experience can hand you new perspectives, which makes it a common choice during periods of figuring things out.
• Out in nature. A hike or a quiet garden pairs well with the effects, and the calm of the outdoors tends to deepen the whole thing.
• With people you trust. A small, comfortable group can make the experience richer, since it runs intense and emotional and you want steady company.

Music is a reliable one, since Alc Squats sharpen your hearing and make melodies feel more vivid. A slow walk somewhere green works for the same reason on the visual side.

Similar Strains

There are more than 100 Psilocybe cubensis strains that echo each other in one way or another. Alc Squats shares traits with plenty of them but has no stable variations of its own, since crossbreeding a mutation into a reliable hybrid is hard. The one it gets tangled up with most is KSS Squats (Koh Samui Strain). Forums argue about it endlessly: some swear they are identical, others call it a marketing invention. Try it and judge for yourself, then leave a comment. If Alc Squats is not your match, a few worth a look:

Mexicana

A possible Alc Squats ancestor and an old favourite, prized by Aztecs long ago. Vivid visuals and a soft body feel make it a friendly place to start.

Golden Teacher

The most researched shrooms going. Crossbred countless times and still unmistakably themselves.

Blue Meanies

One of the more potent options, a clear step up from the two above. A good next stop once Golden Teacher and Cambodian feel too gentle.