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Comment · Wed, January 6, 2021 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot

BEWARE! Dr Emil Lion's Mane is a Scam

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SnooSmart · 268 points

They're selling capsules of Cocoa Powder and black pepper and calling it Lions Mane.

https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Lions-Mane-Mushroom-Capsules/dp/B07Q5DZJTK

Tons of recent reviews are reporting it. This brand has a lot of purchases/ratings so just beware, buy from another brand.

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ProperBeat · 1 points

It's an imperfect analogy meant to help people visualize the concept.

Great, but the issue is 'imperfect' my friend. It for sure helps keeping stupid people stupid. It's just completely wrong. A 'mushroom' relates to mycelium like a flower relates to the plant on which it grows.

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot

So anyone that is not an expert on mycology, and requires a bit of analogy to visualize the concept, is a stupid person? That's a bit pompous and reductionist. I could just as easily say that equating a mushroom to a flower is an idiotic statement, yet that's what you have used as your analogy. So your imperfect analogy is somehow more scientific than mine, even though yours is just as inaccurate as mine is? Mushrooms are not flowers. Mycelium is the vegetative part of the fungus that absorbs nutrients from its environment. Tree roots are the vegetative part of a tree that absorbs nutrients from its environment. It's an analogy meant to help people visualize things that have no experience with fungi.

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