Decoding Mushrooms: Chemistry, Perception, and the Entourage Effect - Theo Kelly

​We will taste 3 popular non-psychedelic ‘mushroom coffee alternatives’, including Spacegoods and Everyday Dose, and look at lab test results to see which powders are real and which are fake. We will then examine chemical test results of different psychedelic mushroom species, comparing their compound makeups with their reported trip profiles. Participants will come away with a greater understanding of the compounds in functional mushrooms, both psychedelic and non-psychedelic. Theo founded Mentis, which makes easy-to-use mushroom grow kits for UK consumers. He now runs Noetic, a startup developing the first legal alternative to ‘magic truffles’, based in the Netherlands.