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Lion's Mane Tincture vs Powder
Lion’s Mane is available as tinctures and powders, and the powders themselves...
Lion's Mane Fruiting Body vs Mycelium
For most mushrooms, the difference between fruiting body and mycelium product...
How to Choose a Lion's Mane Extract
Lion’s Mane is one of the most popular functional mushrooms, and one of the m...
How Lion's Mane Extracts Are Made
Lion’s Mane can be eaten fresh, dried and powdered, or extracted. This articl...
Lion's Mane FAQ: Common Questions Answered
Answers to the questions we’re asked most about Lion’s Mane and our Lion’s Ma...
The Complete Guide to Lion's Mane Mushroom
Lion’s Mane is one of the most distinctive fungi you’re ever likely to see: a...
How Lion's Mane Grows: Biology, Habitat and Identification
Lion’s Mane is one of the most striking fungi in British woodland, and one of...
Lion's Mane in East Asian Food and Herbal Traditions
Long before it appeared in supplements, Lion’s Mane was a prized food in East...
Lion's Mane Compounds Explained: Hericenones, Erinacines and Beta-Glucans
Lion’s Mane contains compounds found in very few other organisms, along with ...
Lion’s Mane Research: What Does the Evidence Actually Show?
Lion’s Mane is one of the most talked-about functional mushrooms, and some of...
Hericenones Explained
Hericenones are among the compounds that make Lion’s Mane chemically distinct...
Erinacines Explained
Erinacines are often mentioned in Lion’s Mane marketing, sometimes misleading...
Why We Focus on Fruiting Bodies
Every Spore & Bloom tincture is made from fruiting bodies (and, for chaga...
Why Mushroom Sourcing Matters
Where a mushroom comes from affects what’s in the bottle, and how much you ca...
How to Read Mushroom Research
Headlines about mushroom research are everywhere, and they often overstate wh...
What Is a Fruiting Body?
“Fruiting body” appears throughout the Library, and on many mushroom labels. ...
Where Our Mushrooms Come From
We’re often asked where our mushrooms come from. Here’s the answer.[in simple...
The Complete Guide to Functional Mushrooms
Walk into any health shop and you’ll find mushrooms in capsules, powders, cof...
Fruiting Body Mushroom Extracts: What Buyers Should Know
“Fruiting body” has become a mark of quality in mushroom products. This buyer...
Mushroom Substrates Explained
Every mushroom grows on something. That “something” is called the substrate, ...
Parasitic and Wood-Decaying Fungi Explained
Fungi make a living in different ways. The mushrooms in our Library are, betw...
Mycelium on Grain Explained
Many mushroom supplements on the market are not made from mushrooms in the ev...
How to Choose a Mushroom Extract
Choosing a mushroom extract can feel overwhelming: dozens of species, several...
How Spore & Bloom Makes Mushroom Extracts
This is how we make our tinctures, from mushroom to bottle.[in simple terms]W...
Understanding Mushroom Science: A Beginner's Guide
Mushroom science can seem daunting: long compound names, conflicting headline...
How Solvent Choice Changes What Is Extracted
The liquid used to extract a mushroom decides what ends up in the extract. Th...
How to Read a Mushroom Extract Label
A mushroom product label can tell you a great deal, if you know how to read i...
Raw Mushroom Powder vs Extract Powder
Two powders from the same mushroom can be very different products. This artic...
Mushroom Provenance: Why Origin and Grower Transparency Matter
Provenance is the story of where something comes from. For mushroom products,...
The Mushroom Life Cycle Explained
Every mushroom you see is one stage in a remarkable life cycle, most of which...
Triterpenes in Mushrooms Explained
Triterpenes are one of the major groups of compounds in certain mushrooms, mo...
What Is a Fungus? A Beginner's Guide
Fungi are everywhere: in soil, in wood, in the air, on our skin and in our fo...
How Fungi Decompose Wood and Recycle Nutrients
Without fungi, forests would be buried in their own dead wood. This article e...
Fruiting Body vs Mycelium: Understanding the Difference
Of all the questions to ask about a mushroom product, “which part of the mush...
Mushrooms Through History: Food, Medicine and Symbolism
Mushrooms have fed, fascinated and frightened people for thousands of years. ...
How to Judge the Quality of a Mushroom Study
Not all studies are equally reliable. This article gives you a practical chec...
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