Comment · Fri, May 17, 2024 · ND Owner
Mushroom Extracts: Fruiting Body vs. Mycelium
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MiguelGustaBama · 6 points
I know ND uses the fruiting body for their extracts but Stamets, the mushroom guru insists that the mycelium is more beneficiary. I understand that the mycelium is usually grown in rice and the concern is you would get rice/filler instead of mushroom but Stamets insists that a biotransformation of the rice occurs during the process that makes it the more beneficial part of the shroom.
Any research/thoughts on the ND side around this and the possibility of switching to mycelium? Thanks
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
There are beneficial compounds in both the fruiting body and mycelium. However, you have to grow them right. Stamets literally grows mycelium on brown rice, then grinds the whole thing up and puts it in capsules. It's mostly rice by weight. That's totally different than something like our Erinamax, which is liquid culture lion's mane mycelium. Because it is grown in liquid, we can separate the mycelium from the liquid substrate, and you get pure lion's mane mycelium. With rice, you can't separate the mycelium from the substrate, so you have to grind it all up together. That doesn't mean that mycelium isn't useful or doesn't have interesting compounds. It does. We have been doing a lot of research on that for the past 8 years. However, you have to grow it the correct way to actually make the active compounds you want. Try out our Erinamax, and compare it to our fruiting body extracts, and you will see the difference. They feel different from each other. Some like one over the other. You'll have to try them both to see which one you react best to.