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New to mushrooms? You’ve come to the right place. At FreshCap, we know mushrooms. And we want to share that knowledge with you! Growing mushrooms can be a ton of fun. But there is so much to lear...

New to mushrooms? You’ve come to the right place. At FreshCap, we know mushrooms. And we want to share that knowledge with you! Growing mushrooms can be a ton of fun. But there is so much to le...

Mycelium, agar, colonization... what does it all mean? Here's a quick primer on some of the most common terms used in mushroom cultivation. Agar: A seaweed derived powder used to make a nutrified...
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Lion's Mane Mushroom: Comprehensive Benefits & Uses Guide
Lion's mane is a powerful medicinal mushroom with promising benefits for brain health, gut health and nerve regeneration.* How can a mushroom once used by monks as a concentration aid help with...

Reishi Mushroom: The Ultimate Guide To Ganoderma Lucidum
Reishi mushroom is a rich source of natural compounds with the power to boost immunity, smack down stress and cool inflammation.* Known by some cultures as the "mushroom of immortality," Reishi mus...

Lion's Mane and Maitake - The Hardest Working Medicinal Mushrooms
Some mushrooms just work a little harder than others... In this case, the two that come to mind are quite possibly the hardest working mushrooms of all - Lion's Mane and Maitake. What makes the...

The Mind Blowing Ways That Reishi Can Grow
Is Reishi sentient? How did it know how to do that?! Ganoderma lucidum The spirit mushroom The mushroom of immortality Whatever you wanna call it, Reishi is freakin’ cool. Not only because it has...

Can You "Stack" Mushrooms? (Combining Different Types)
Can you take different types of mushrooms at the same time? A common question with functional mushrooms is whether or not you can “stack” different mushroom supplements, ie. take multiple types of ...

Beginners Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms
Mushrooms can change lives*! Sound like a bold statement? Not when you consider that cultures around the world have been using mushrooms as medicine for centuries. Today, some of these same mushr...

Chaga Mushroom Benefits And Uses (Complete Guide)
Chaga is a unique medicinal mushroom used for centuries by cultures around the world as a remedy for a wide range of ailments*. With a nickname like the "king of mushrooms," Chaga has a lot to li...

25 Types of Mushrooms For Food and Medicine
You might not notice it on a daily basis, but we humans are growing a lot of mushrooms. In fact, worldwide production of all types of mushrooms is in excess of 30 million tons annually. Holy...

5 years ago, nobody had even heard of it. “Drinking mushrooms?” That’s crazy talk! Actually, that was crazy talk. Thanks to Tim Ferris- and some other trailblazers in functional mushrooms- "b...

Every spring, mushroom hunters all over the world head out into the woods. Basket in hand, with pants tucked into their socks, these mycophagists (aka mushroom eaters) trample through the brush,...

Finding A Crazy Amount Of Morels, Right In My Backyard
Sometimes you don't have to go far to find crazy amounts of delicious gourmet mushrooms! Urban areas can provide perfect habitats for mushrooms of all kinds. One species that is likely to pop up i...

Why Cordyceps and Chaga are SUPERSTARS of The Mushroom World
All medicinal mushrooms have polysaccharides, and they are all different shapes. These compounds interact with our bodies in different ways, which is why you can think of each mushroom as having...