Albino Huautla Freeze Dried Mushrooms

Albino Huautla Freeze Dried Mushrooms Overview

Huautla is one of the older cubensis lines around. It takes its name from Huautla de Jiménez, a town high in the Sierra Mazateca mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Albino Huautla is the pale version of that line, with the usual golden-brown cap colour bred out.

Huautla is the home of the Mazatec people, and mushrooms have been part of their life for many centuries. Mazatec healers use them in ceremonies for healing and guidance, and they speak of the mushrooms with respect, calling them the “little saints” or “holy children”. Many people learned about magic mushrooms because of the history in this town and that is why the name still carries weight today.

These are small, whole mushrooms with rounded caps and short, thick stems. Fresh, they are cream to white. Dried, most of each mushroom has gone blue-grey, with the white showing through in patches on the caps and stems. The gills underneath are tight and deep blue.

This batch is freeze-dried rather than air-dried, so the mushrooms keep their full shape and come out light, crisp and airy instead of leathery. Albino Huautla sits in our magic mushrooms range alongside our regular whole dried mushrooms.

How Strong Is Albino Huautla?

Huautla is known as a middle-of-the-road cubensis, in the same range as Golden Teacher and a step below the heavy albino strains. That makes it a good fit in our potent magic mushrooms. Freeze-drying keeps more of the mushroom’s strength than air drying does, so treat a gram as at least as strong as a regular dried gram. Strength varies from batch to batch, so start low and take it slow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Albino Huautla a true albino?

Not quite. It is leucistic, which means the caps and stems lose their colour but the spore print stays dark. On the shelf the difference does not matter. It looks and behaves like an albino, and that is how most shops list it.

How do you say Huautla?

Roughly “WOW-tla”. It is a Mexican place name, home of the Mazatec people who have used these mushrooms for centuries. You will also see it misspelled as Hualta or Huatla on other sites. It is the same mushroom.

Do freeze-dried mushrooms need to be rehydrated?

No. Eat them as they are, grind them, or make them into tea, the same as regular dried mushrooms. They are lighter and crunchier than air-dried, so the same weight looks like more in the bag.

How long do freeze-dried mushrooms keep?

Years, kept sealed, cool, dark and dry. Freeze-dried mushrooms hold their strength longer than air-dried ones. An airtight jar in a cupboard is all they need. You can buy magic mushrooms online in Canada in both formats from MyHigh.