Amanita muscaria, commonly referred to as the fly agaric mushroom, is an edible and hallucinogenic mushroom first discovered by European explorers in coastal Siberia in the early 1700s as an inebriant. Additionally, this mushroom was also widely used medicinally: in some cultures, its symbolism symbolized fertility or it had supernatural healing properties while others saw supernatural powers within this fungus that can be found worldwide as fruit-like mushrooms, tincture capsules or dried and powder form.

Boiling mushrooms releases ibotenic acid which degrades into an active compound called muscimol, which can then be dissolved into water to make an extract or combined with alcohol to make tincture from any number of mushrooms such as Amanita muscaria; multiple extraction processes may be done multiple times to maximize muscimol concentration.

A mushroom tincture is a solution of active compounds from mushrooms mixed in water and alcohol, used to increase potency or for medical use. Orally taken, intravenously can also be an option.

Making mushroom tincture involves dehydrating mushrooms, grinding them into fine powder, mixing with solvent and heating the solution until extracting compounds from it. Finally, diluting it with water until ready for oral consumption.

Before producing mushroom tincture, harvested mushrooms must pass quality assurance tests in order to ensure the amount of muscimol, muscarine and ibotenic acid meets safety and production specifications. The results of these tests are then recorded on a batch report which is stored along with the tincture product.

In some embodiments, mushroom caps are inspected to determine whether they are dry. If not, they may be dehydrated by heating them to remove moisture. Mushrooms not yet dehydrated may be stored in sealed plastic bags or airtight containers at temperatures ranging between -25 degrees Celsius and 3 degrees Celsius until processing occurs soon after harvest. Ideally, undried mushrooms should only be stored under such conditions when processing will happen soon after harvesting.

Under normal conditions, approximately 7000mL of distilled water is heated to 75 degrees Celsius before adding ground mushroom powder at 1120rpm for one hour at 75 degC. Once stirred, the tincture can then be diluted further by adding 40 mL of water per gram of mushroom powder added, stored in an opaque container and consumed orally as tea.