[lagadu]

Well you effectively have 3 common ways of consuming them: fresh, dried and truffles. In my opinion dried is very easy to consume, they don't have most of their taste (nor mass); truffles come second because they don't taste too bad (kinda like nuts but tartier) and finally the worst to consume because of volume and taste is regular fresh caps and stalks but even then they don't taste that bad.

Eating them in something like a ham sandwich makes it OK in my opinion.

I've only ever ordered them from legal producers so I don't know how much extra work they put into making them not taste bad versus illegal growers.

[kahnpro]

4th: brew them in a cup of tea.

[weerd]

Yeah, this is the best way to consume the shroom. Mix with a little loose leaf green tea and it actually tastes pretty good, with a tingly after-feeling on your tongue.

For anyone that's interested, basically just roughly dice 1/8 oz. of dried mushrooms and add a scoop of your favorite tea. Put the mix in a large teaball (or multiple small ones). Boil 2-3 cups of water. Let the water cool for 20-30 seconds on a cold burner before pouring into your teapot. Steep and drink!

[andai]

Where / how is it legal?

[fapjacks]

At least in the United States, it's legal to buy and ship the spores in almost every state (one notable exception being California).