Extraction of psychoactive compounds from psilocybin fungus

A process for forming an extract with a specified concentration of between 0.1% and 10% of psychoactive alkaloids from a dried, raw, psilocybin fungus, comprising the steps of:

• soaking a biomass of the dried, raw psilocybin fungus in a solvent that is a water-ethanol mixture in order to dissolve the psychoactive alkaloids in the solvent;
• filtering an undissolved portion of the biomass from the solvent;
• evaporating a portion of the solvent to form a concentrated slurry;
• measuring a psychoactive alkaloid content in the concentrated slurry;
• measuring a dry mass content in the concentrated slurry;
• using the psychoactive alkaloid content, the dry mass content, and the specified concentration of between 0.1% and 10% to determine a quantity of a carrier to add to the concentrated slurry in order to obtain the specified concentration of the psychoactive alkaloids in the extract;
• standardizing the concentrated slurry by adding thereto the quantity of the carrier to result in a standardized concentrated slurry;
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• drying the standardized concentrated slurry to result in the extract with the specified concentration of between 0.1% and 10% of the psychoactive alkaloids.