Tag: fruiting body

Why is it important to know how your Reishi product is grown?

Different cultivation methods will yield different quality products with widely varying amounts (or complete lack) of the health beneficial components of the red reishi mushroom. As the natural wood-log cultivation method takes almost a full year and is the most labour and resource intensive, there are now other methods to commercially produce “reishi” products, which… Continue reading Why is it important to know how your Reishi product is grown?

Selecting the Right Reishi Supplement

With Red Reishi being a renowned powerhouse supplement, the demand fuels the competition of reishi product manufacturing. However, unlike most herbs, the active ingredients in reishi are very volatile and delicate, so every step from cultivation to quality control during the manufacturing process is extremely critical to retaining the concentrated essence. The following are 3… Continue reading Selecting the Right Reishi Supplement

Reishi Mushroom: Fruiting body vs Mycelium

Awareness of medicinal mushrooms that boost health is on the rise, and for good reason. Research has shown that these formidable fungi contain a host of active compounds that can fight infections, improve immune function, and even help to prevent cancer. However, not all mushrooms—or mushroom parts—are created equally. No doubt, as the most researched… Continue reading Reishi Mushroom: Fruiting body vs Mycelium

World’s Best Reishi Mushroom

Join us as we visit the Nikkei Co. farm in Isesaki, Japan, home of the world’s best reishi mushroom. In this video, we speak with the Mayuzumi family, the pioneers of high quality red reishi cultivation. Red reishi mushroom is a powerful adaptogenic herb used for thousands of years in traditional medicine and has now… Continue reading World’s Best Reishi Mushroom