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Mushrooms, explained properly

How to choose a mushroom extract, what the studies of Lion’s Mane, Reishi and Cordyceps show, and how we grow mushrooms from a clean culture. Written by the people who make the extracts.

Research

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A closer look at mushroom research: what we know and what still needs testing.

Close-up of a white Lion's Mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) with its coral-like cascade of hanging spines.
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Lion’s Mane: benefits, research and how to take it

What human studies say about Lion’s Mane, memory and focus, where the evidence is limited, and how to read the instructions for a liquid mushroom extract.

A hard, varnished reddish-brown reishi bracket (Ganoderma lucidum) growing on dead hardwood.
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Reishi mushroom: benefits, research and how to take it

Reishi and Ganoderma lucidum: research on fatigue, questions about sleep, the limits of the evidence, and instructions for using and storing our liquid extract.

Bright orange Cordyceps militaris fruiting bodies growing as slender clubs from a lab substrate.
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Cordyceps: benefits, endurance research and how to take it

What Cordyceps militaris is, how it differs from wild cordyceps, what endurance studies show, and how to use and store the Mushroom Matters liquid extract.