"Efficient extraction apparently requires patience.
As to the identity of the crystals that were drifting around in the cooled Soxhlet receiver, from their being insoluble in ethanol, and white, and transparent, I would guess that you are seeing pure psilocybin."
-- Dr. Shulgin
For what that's worth, if you're one of the many who worship
shulgin... note that he's "guessing" what the crystals are, and
no one really has done any solid research on this.
As for the Isopropyl extraction method... well, I've tried it
several times with 100% iso and 80% and had NO results
worth repeating. I really wish he'd delete that crap about
extracting old cakes.. what a waste of time.
I didn't know that my early results were published anywhere
but here? Interesting - as many times as the Prof and I
have gone around, he still used my posts on his site.
soliver