Medicinal Mushrooms

Agarikon mushrooms (scientific name Laricifomes Officinalis) also known as “quinine conk” are wood-decay fungi belonging in the genus of Polyporales, a…

Mesima, Black Hoof, or Son-Gen mushrooms (scientific name Phellinus Linteus) are a type of fungi belonging to the basidiomycete genus of…

Maitake mushrooms (Grifola Frondosa), ram’s head, sheep’s head or hen-of-the-woods are polypore types of fungi (non-gilled mushrooms) that are fully edible…

The scientific name for Beefsteak mushrooms is Fistulina Hepatica. Hepatica means “liver-like”, which makes sense once you see the striking appearance…

Poria mushrooms (scientific name Wolfiporia extensa) are a species of edible wood decay mushroom which tend to grow underground. Also known…

Birch polypores, birch brackets or razor strop (Fomitopsis betulina) are a parasitic fungus which as the name suggests, grows on decayed…

Artist's conk mushrooms, also known as Bear’s bread and Artist’s bracket (Ganoderma Applanatum)  are fungi belonging to the polypores family of…

Cordyceps mushrooms are types of fungus belonging to the ascomycete genus (also known as sac fungi) characterized by their parasitic nature…

Black truffles (scientific name Tuber melanosporum), unlike many other species of mushroom, are completely subterranean which means that they naturally grow…

Chaga mushrooms or black mass mushrooms, (scientific name Inonotus Obliquus) are a class of parasitic mushrooms that belong to the family…