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What Is a Fruiting Body?

“Fruiting body” appears throughout the Library, and on many mushroom labels. ...

Lion's Mane Fruiting Body vs Mycelium

For most mushrooms, the difference between fruiting body and mycelium product...

Fruiting Body vs Mycelium: Understanding the Difference

Of all the questions to ask about a mushroom product, “which part of the mush...

Fruiting Body Mushroom Extracts: What Buyers Should Know

“Fruiting body” has become a mark of quality in mushroom products. This buyer...

Why We Focus on Fruiting Bodies

Every Spore & Bloom tincture is made from fruiting bodies (and, for chaga...

Lion's Mane Compounds Explained: Hericenones, Erinacines and Beta-Glucans

Lion’s Mane contains compounds found in very few other organisms, along with ...

Cordyceps militaris vs Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Two quite different fungi are sold under the name “Cordyceps”. One is rare, w...

How Cultivated Cordyceps Is Grown

How do you grow a fungus that, in nature, grows on insects? This article expl...

Erinacines Explained

Erinacines are often mentioned in Lion’s Mane marketing, sometimes misleading...

How to Choose a Cordyceps Extract

With two very different fungi sold under one name, choosing a Cordyceps produ...

The Mushroom Life Cycle Explained

Every mushroom you see is one stage in a remarkable life cycle, most of which...

The Complete Guide to Cordyceps

“Cordyceps” is one of the most confusing names in the world of functional mus...

How Cordyceps Extracts Are Made

Cordyceps extracts vary more than most, partly because of the species confusi...

The Complete Guide to Reishi Mushroom

Few mushrooms carry as much history as Reishi. With its kidney-shaped cap and...

How Lion's Mane Extracts Are Made

Lion’s Mane can be eaten fresh, powdered or extracted. This article looks at ...

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...

Hericenones Explained

Hericenones are among the compounds that make Lion’s Mane chemically distinct...

Mycelium on Grain Explained

Many mushroom supplements on the market are not made from mushrooms in the ev...

Why Chaga Is Not Technically a Mushroom

Chaga is often called a mushroom, but what people harvest isn’t a mushroom in...

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 Oyster Mushroom Extracts Are Made

Oyster mushrooms are familiar in the kitchen, but they are also used in extra...

How to Choose a Reishi Extract

Reishi has been prepared for centuries and is widely available today in many ...

Where Our Mushrooms Come From

We’re often asked where our mushrooms come from. Here’s the answer.[in simple...

Chaga FAQ: Common Questions Answered

Answers to the questions we’re asked most about chaga and our Chaga tincture....

How to Read a Mushroom Extract Label

A mushroom product label can tell you a great deal, if you know how to read i...

Why Mushroom Sourcing Matters

Where a mushroom comes from affects what’s in the bottle, and how much you ca...

The Complete Guide to Functional Mushrooms

Walk into any health shop and you’ll find mushrooms in capsules, powders, cof...

How Spore & Bloom Makes Mushroom Extracts

This is how we make our tinctures, from mushroom to bottle.[in simple terms]W...

Cordyceps FAQ: Common Questions Answered

Answers to the questions we’re asked most about Cordyceps and our Cordyceps t...

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...

Mushroom Tincture Buying Guide UK

The UK market for mushroom tinctures has grown quickly, and products vary wid...

Lion's Mane Tincture vs Powder

Lion’s Mane is available as tinctures and powders. This article compares the ...

How Reishi Is Extracted

Reishi is one of the clearest examples of why extraction matters. It is too w...

Lion's Mane FAQ: Common Questions Answered

Answers to the questions we’re asked most about Lion’s Mane and our Lion’s Ma...

Organic Mushroom Extracts: A Buyer's Guide

Organic mushroom extracts are widely available in the UK. This buyer’s guide ...

How to Choose a Mushroom Extract

Choosing a mushroom extract can feel overwhelming: dozens of species, several...

What Are Hyphae and Mycelium?

Most of a fungus is invisible: a network of microscopic threads running throu...

Misleading Mushroom Label Terms to Watch For

Some label terms sound reassuring but reveal little. This article explains th...

Mushroom Provenance: Why Origin and Grower Transparency Matter

Provenance is the story of where something comes from. For mushroom products,...

Why Spore & Bloom Exists

✎ Your words: This is your story, so it should be told in your voice. Replace...

What Is a Fungus? A Beginner's Guide

Fungi are everywhere: in soil, in wood, in the air and in our food. Yet they ...

Mushroom Tincture vs Capsules vs Powder

Mushroom products come as tinctures, capsules and powders. Choosing between t...

How Oyster Mushrooms Grow

Oyster mushrooms are among the easiest mushrooms to grow, in the wild and in ...

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...

What Is a Mushroom Tincture?

Tinctures are one of the oldest ways of preserving and preparing plants and f...

What Does Dual Extract Mean?

“Dual extract” appears on many mushroom labels, including ours. It describes ...

The Complete Guide to Mushroom Extraction

Two mushroom products can start with the same species and end up completely d...

The Complete Guide to Chaga

Chaga doesn’t look like a mushroom at all. On the trunk of a birch tree it ap...

From Mushroom to Bottle: The Extraction Workflow

What actually happens between a mushroom being harvested and a tincture arriv...

Reishi Through History and Traditional Culture

Few mushrooms have as rich a cultural history as Reishi. Known in China as li...

What Are Beta-Glucans?

Beta-glucans are among the most talked-about compounds in mushrooms, and amon...

Reishi Compounds Explained: Triterpenes, Polysaccharides and More

Reishi is one of the most chemically studied mushrooms. Its two headline grou...

Alpha-Glucans, Starch and What They Can Tell You

Alpha-glucans rarely get a mention on mushroom labels, but they can tell you ...

Oyster Mushroom FAQ: Common Questions Answered

Answers to the questions we’re asked most about Oyster mushrooms and our Oyst...

Parasitic and Wood-Decaying Fungi Explained

Fungi make a living in different ways. Many of the functional mushrooms in th...

Ganoderma Species Explained: Is All Reishi the Same?

“Reishi” sounds like a single mushroom, but the name has been applied to seve...

Mushroom Extracts Explained: Tinctures, Powders and Concentrates

Mushroom extracts come in several forms, and the names are used loosely. This...

Cordyceps Through History: From the Tibetan Plateau to Cultivation

Cordyceps has one of the most remarkable histories of any fungus, from the hi...

Cordyceps Compounds and Chemistry Explained

Cordyceps militaris has a distinctive chemistry that sets it apart from other...

Cordycepin Explained

Cordycepin is the compound most closely associated with Cordyceps militaris. ...

Reishi FAQ: Common Questions Answered

Answers to the questions we’re asked most about Reishi and our Reishi tinctur...

Reishi Tincture vs Powder

Reishi is sold as tinctures and powders. Because of its bitterness and its ch...

Triterpenes in Mushrooms Explained

Triterpenes are one of the major groups of compounds in certain mushrooms, mo...

Beta-Glucan Testing Explained

Beta-glucan figures appear on a growing number of mushroom products, sometime...

Reishi Research: How to Read the Evidence

Reishi has been studied more than almost any other mushroom, yet the evidence...

Cordyceps Research: What Does the Evidence Show?

Cordyceps is marketed with some of the boldest claims in the functional mushr...

The Complete Guide to Oyster Mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms are among the most familiar fungi in the world. You may have...

How to Read Mushroom Research

Headlines about mushroom research are everywhere, and they often overstate wh...

Ultrasonic Extraction for Mushrooms: How It Works

Ultrasonic extraction is a technique used in food science, laboratories and s...

Understanding Mushroom Extract Ratios

1:1, 1:3, 10:1, 20:1… Extract ratios appear on many mushroom products, and th...

Alcohol Mushroom Extraction Explained

Alcohol extraction is the other half of most mushroom tinctures. It reaches c...

Hot-Water Mushroom Extraction Explained

Long before tinctures and capsules, people prepared tough mushrooms such as R...