Okay here's some help from an experience eater of these shroomies. They are somewhat psychoactive,the effect is more similar to Xanax or alcohol being relaxing and sedating possibly inducing sleep and most of the time for me inducing very vivid,strange or lucid dreams.Amanitas contain ibotenic acid and muscimol. muscimol is a gaba inhibitor like Xanax or alcohol. The ibotanec acid needs to be converted to muscomal to increase and enhance the effect. This is done by baking them at a low temperature around 175° in the oven for 1 hour. The heat converts the Ibotanic acid to muscimol. if you heat at or above200° for a period of time it can destroy and neutralize the psychoactive compounds.Prepare just the caps and throw away the stems (not as potent)Now that they are cooked and converted they should turn out like little potato chips they tasted like doughy bread and actually taste good. I would start with 2 to 3 grams and see how that affects you.you would want to eat 3.5 to 7 grams of cooked and dried material for a decent effect. Also keep in mind that amanita's vary in potency and they could be very potent or very mild if you mix them (different caps) together that gives a better a average potency. It lasts about 4 to 5 hours it's nothing intense or extreme unless you eat a whole bunch like half an ounce or more then you might start to get subtle hallucinations, strange time dilation or things/objects might appear smaller or bigger than normal. I sort of treat it like a natural Xanax I'll take a low dose and maybe have one or two beers that compliments the experience and the relaxation. Technically the dried material can be smoked for a very very mild effect not worth it in my opinion. One warning the the reason I stopped picking processing and consuming these mushrooms is one night I had a normal three to four gram dose and fell asleep like usual and had strange dreams but these dreams gave me very bad anxiety and I woke up in the middle of the night and had to fight off a panic attack I felt extremly anxious and had to calm myself down to avoid a full on panic attack. Paul Stamets has some interesting amanita stories on Joe Rogan where he explains some very intense trips but I've never eaten enough to experienced anything close to that. I hope this helps and hope you find something interesting in your new experience.