> There are too many people who will go out and just pick mushrooms, which is incredibly unsafe. The ones grown outside can naturally protect themselves from p

> There are too many people who will go out and just pick mushrooms, which is incredibly unsafe. The ones grown outside can naturally protect themselves from potentially toxic bacterial infections, while the ones grown in jars can't. So in areas of the country (e.g. the mid-Atlantic region) with easy-to-identify psilocybin species, it's actually much safer to find them outside than to grow them. Yes it takes more work, but knowing how to identify the local plants/mushrooms/trees is also a basic part of being an adult. To quote Gary Snyder's life advice, "Stay together, learn the flowers, go light."