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Lions Mane Mushroom · Dual Extract · Full Spectrum · Wild Cultivated
✧ What is Lion's Mane Mushroom?
Lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) is a striking mushroom that grows in cascading white spines from the wounds of hardwood trees, looking more like a frozen waterfall than a fungus. In Traditional Chinese Medicine and Japanese kampo it has long been valued by Buddhist monks, a mushroom their tradition associated with clarity and steadiness of mind. The fresh mushroom has a tender, almost seafood like texture when cooked, with a delicate flavour. The extract concentrates the active compounds into a fine powder that is taken as a daily tonic.
For what the research actually says and how to use it, read our guide: Lion's Mane Mushroom: What the Research Says and How to Use It.
✧ What is a Dual Extract, and why does it matter?
Lion's mane contains two distinct families of bioactive compounds. The water soluble beta glucans, found in the fruiting body cell walls, release through hot water extraction. The fat soluble compounds, including the hericenones that lion's mane is most studied for, require alcohol extraction. A dual extract performs both processes, capturing the full spectrum of lion's mane chemistry at a 10:1 concentration. The result is a product where the bioactive compounds are concentrated and bioavailable, free from the indigestible chitin that makes raw mushroom powder so poorly absorbed.
To see how dual extraction compares with ordinary mushroom powder, read: Dual Extract vs Regular Mushroom Powder: What Is the Difference?
✧ What's in our Lion's Mane?
Ingredients
100% Pure - Lion's Mane Dual Extract
- 10:1 dual-extracted full spectrum extract, produced from the fruiting bodies of Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
- Fruiting body only, never grain-grown mycelium
- Wild cultivated on hardwood logs
- Free from fillers, preservatives, bulking agents, and humectants
Product carefully sourced from the Dabie Mountains, China. Click here for info on our sourcing policy. Tested for purity. View the Certificate of Analysis.
✧ Where does our Lion's Mane come from?
Our lion's mane is wild cultivated in the Dabie Mountains of China, where the spores are inoculated onto hardwood logs and allowed to fruit naturally in clean mountain air. Only the fruiting body is used in our extract, never grain grown mycelium. Lion's mane grown on grain substrate contains far less of the active compounds than fruiting body extracts, which is why we are particular about sourcing only true fruiting body material from a producer we have worked with for years.
✧ How do you take Lion's Mane Extract?
A daily serving is one gram, roughly half a level teaspoon. Stir into warm water, plant milk, coffee or a smoothie. Many customers take lion's mane in the morning, often with their first coffee, finding it pairs particularly well with cacao or chai style spices. As a dual extract it is best stirred into hot water; some of the fat-soluble compounds may not fully dissolve, which is normal. It can also be added to soups, stews or porridge for a more savoury preparation. There is no brewing or steeping needed, the extraction has already been performed.
It sits naturally alongside our Reishi, Chaga or Cordyceps in a daily blend. Explore the full range of Mushroom extracts.
✧ What does Lion's Mane taste like?
Lion's mane has a mild, faintly nutty, slightly mushroom forward flavour, gentler than reishi or chaga. It is one of the easier mushroom extracts to get used to, with no bitterness. In warm water it produces a pale golden drink. The flavour blends well with both sweet and savoury preparations, which is why lion's mane is often the first mushroom extract our customers reach for when building a daily practice.
New to mushroom extracts? Our guide explains how to choose a quality mushroom extract, and you will find Lion's Mane among the eight mushrooms in our Tonic Gold M blend.
✧ Your questions, answered
› Do you test our Lion's Mane for heavy metals?
Yes. Every batch of our Lion's Mane is tested for purity, including heavy metals and other contaminants, to make sure it meets safe limits before it reaches you. It is checked rather than assumed. You can view the current Certificate of Analysis for the details.
Heavy metals are a fair thing to ask about with any mushroom drawn from the natural world, which is exactly why we test rather than take it on trust.
› Is our Lion's Mane standardised to a percentage of active compounds?
No, and this is a deliberate choice. We are often asked for the percentage of beta glucans or other active compounds. We do not standardise our Lion's Mane to a fixed percentage of any single constituent, and we do not test for the level of individual compounds. We test for purity instead.
What we do keep is the full spectrum of the mushroom's naturally occurring compounds, in the proportions the fruiting body grew them. Ours is a 10:1 dual extract, made from the fruiting body only, never grain-grown mycelium. We put our care into sourcing true fruiting body material rather than narrowing the extract down to one measured figure on a label.
› Is there any alcohol left in the finished extract?
Our dual extraction uses both hot water and alcohol to draw out the widest range of the mushroom's compounds, the water soluble and the fat soluble alike. The alcohol is part of the making, not the finished product.
Once both extractions are complete, the liquid extract is gently dried into a fine powder, and the alcohol is driven off during that drying. What remains is a dry, full-spectrum extract powder, with nothing added back in. That is the fine powder you receive in the jar.
› Why has my Lion's Mane clumped, and how should I store it?
This is normal, and it is not a fault. Because our extract contains no anti-caking agents or humectants, the powder is naturally hygroscopic, which means it draws in moisture from the air. Over time, and especially once the jar has been opened, it can firm up or even set hard. It is still perfectly good to use.
Keep the jar sealed and away from steam and humidity. Somewhere cool and dry, such as a cupboard, is ideal, rather than the fridge where moisture can gather. If it does set hard, chip off a piece and break it up. A small grinder makes short work of it, and it will still dissolve readily in a hot drink.
