Blue discoloration occur a lot, when fresh mushrooms are damaged.
Nothing noticeable happens if they are dried.
Addition of water leads again to strong discoloration.
It is said that psilocin degradation could be jointly responsible
for this discoloration. Maybe not.
Why is there no noticeable discoloration with dried mushrooms ?Maybe psilocin is very well protected in (dried) mushrooms??? It is harder to get out!!!
Maybe all or most of the psilocin is already decomposed in dried mushrooms? They are not discolored! But maybe to something which is not blue.
But mushrooms mostly consists of water.
To build this blue compound, (other)water is needed ? Not only oxygen, if its a sign of oxidation ?
Quick and dirty test: No colorchange in 25% acetic acid.
No change after a lot of NaHCO3 was added.
No change after tap water was added.
What happens when deionized water is used instead of tap water? May slow down dephosphorylation (less cations involved)