Mushroom Capsules

What you get in every serving

• Cordyceps Sinensis Powder (Mycelium) — 266mg
• Reishi Mushroom Extract (Ganoderma lucidum karst) (Fruit) — 266mg
• Shiitake Mushroom Extract (Lentinus edodes) (Fruit) — 266mg
• Lions Mane (Hericium erinaceus) (Fruit) — 266mg
• Proprietary Blend — 266mg of maitake, turkey tail, chaga, royal sun agaricus, white button and black fungus extracts
• Ten species in total: four named rows plus six inside the blend
• Serving size 2 vegetable capsules · 30 servings per container · 60 capsules
• Vegan, gluten free and non-GMO
• No Daily Value has been established for mushroom extracts, so the panel prints milligrams and footnotes the %DV column instead of inventing a percentage

The four named mushrooms

Cordyceps sinensis is the one row on this panel that isn't a fruiting body: it specifies mycelium — the branching, root-like network a fungus grows through its substrate, as opposed to the mushroom you'd recognise above ground.

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is the lacquered, kidney-shaped shelf fungus that grows on hardwood, so hard and woody that it's brewed or extracted rather than eaten. Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) is the culinary one, the brown-capped mushroom native to East Asia and cultivated on logs for centuries. Lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) is the white, shaggy one that hangs off hardwood in cascading spines and looks more like a sea creature than a mushroom.

The panel is specific about which part of each species it used — three of the four named rows say (Fruit), the fruiting body — and so are we.

The six in the blend

The 266mg proprietary blend rounds the count to ten: maitake (Polyporus frondosus), turkey tail (Coriolus versicolo), chaga (Inonotus obliquus), royal sun agaricus (Agaricus blazei), white button (Agaricus bisporus) and black fungus (Auricularia auricula), all fruiting-body extracts. Maitake is the ruffled "hen of the woods" that grows at the base of oaks, turkey tail the banded bracket fungus on every fallen log, chaga the black, charred-looking growth on birch, and white button the ordinary supermarket mushroom — included here as an extract like the rest.

How it's taken

Two vegetable capsules once a day, ideally 20-30 minutes before a meal with an 8oz glass of water. Capsules do the obvious job here: mushroom extracts taste strongly of mushroom, and reishi in particular is famously bitter. The shell is hypromellose, so the whole thing stays vegan.

Who it's for

Anyone who's been buying lion's mane in one bottle, reishi in another and cordyceps in a third, and would rather have one. People who want the well-known four actually dosed and labelled instead of buried in a blend. And anyone who likes a mushroom supplement that tells you which species, which part and how many milligrams.

How to use it

As a dietary supplement take two (2) capsules once a day. For best results, take 20-30 min before a meal with an 8oz (237ml) glass of water or as directed by your healthcare professional.

What's in it

Other ingredients: Hypromellose (vegetable capsule), Microcrystalline Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate.

60 Capsules · 30 Servings · Serving size 2 Vegetable Capsules

Caution: Do not exceed recommended dose. Consult a physician if pregnant, nursing, under 18, or have a medical condition. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. DO NOT USE IF SAFETY SEAL IS DAMAGED OR MISSING. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.