Hillbilly Mushrooms - The Award Winning Fungi

Have A Nice Journey chooses the award winning Hillbilly mushrooms for our products. Hillbilly mushrooms are a cultivated variety of magic mushrooms—a variation of the Psilocybe cubensis fungus. P. cubensis is the most common species of magic mushrooms, known for its unfussy growing habits and fun, gentle trips. It enjoyed a distinct moment in the limelight after winning the Hyphae Cup microdose category in Spring 2022. Hyphae Labs, which runs the Hyphae Cup, operates in Oakland, where psilocybin mushrooms are decriminalized. 

The Hillbilly Basics

Mazatec communities in Mexico have used psilocybin mushrooms for time immemorial. Psychoactive mushroom cultivation began in the West in the 1980s, over two decades after Mazatec Wise One María Sabina first gave psilocybin mushrooms to amateur mycologist R. Gordon Wasson, as she was instructed to by a town authority. In Mazatec tradition, the mushrooms are used to heal the sick. Years later, ethnobotanists and activists Terence and Dennis McKenna concocted a method for cultivating psilocybin mushrooms at home.

Hillbilly mushrooms have been on the scene since the late 1990s or early 2000s. A Mycotopia user known—unsurprisingly—as “Hillbilly” is believed to have foraged them in Arkansas. From their roots in the American South, Hillbillies’ range and notoriety have expanded, and they are now known to grow wild in many places where other P. cubensis strains thrive. According to chemist and Tryp Labs founder Jordan Jacobs, this winner of the Spring 2022 Hyphae Cup microdose category remains a mainstay among growers and psychonauts, according to its impressive growth rates, ease of cultivation, and euphoric experience.

Hillbilly Mushrooms Effects

Users tend to detail a Hillbilly mushroom trip with soft descriptors and pro-social language: euphoric, friendly, giggly, and gentle. Because tripping with Hillbillies is associated with more laughter and fewer difficult experiences, they’re often seen as a good magic mushroom for less experienced psychonauts.

And while some users find Hillbilly to be a visual strain, that’s not necessarily what to expect, says Chong. “The mushroom is not there to offer you extreme visuals or audio hallucinations. It is there to help,” she says. Set and setting, along with the user’s particular brain chemistry, influence the direction of a trip. “The mushroom,” Chong says, “is just the key to open that door.” 

A Hillbilly mushroom trip, according to Chong, gently coaxes the user into greater awareness with its friendly, laid-back vibe. “It says, ‘We’re gonna see some things, but it’s not gonna be too bad. You know? I’m your friend.’”