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Maitake is a prized edible and functional mushroom. According to Japanese legend, the word Maitake comes from ancient times when Buddhist nuns and woodcutters on a mountain trail were so delighted to stumble upon this seldom found and well-revered mushroom, they began dancing around it in celebration. Their fungal loot could be exchanged with the Shogun for its weight in silver! Hence the name Maitake (dancing mushroom) was born. UK-wild harvested Turkey Tail supplement, sustainably foraged in woodlands surrounding our farm and extracted at our lab in Somerset. We are the only organic certified wild-harvested Turkey tail tincture producer currently in the UK. Our Turkey tail is: Worth its weight in gold, literally. Cordyceps has earned its place in the functional mushroom hall of fame thanks to unique compounds that give the ascomycete fungus its energising, restorative and uplifting benefits. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cordyceps is seen to possess both Ying & Yan – nourishing and invigorating properties.

The punchline, however, comes at the end of the article where the species is formally described and given the name Golfballia ambusta, Latin for ‘burnt golf ball’. of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology, was a collaboration between seven colonial Governments to provide Called ‘Yamabushitake’ in Japan meaning “those who sleep in the mountains” as named after Yamabushi Buddhist Monks – wandering ascetics from the Shugendō spiritual tradition who were thought to use Lion’s Mane to assist in meditation.In conclusion, Bristol Fungarium's medicinal mushroom tinctures are a true gift from nature. They offer a natural and holistic approach to supporting overall well-being, and I have experienced firsthand the positive impact they have on my health. With their exceptional quality, sustainable practices, and outstanding customer service, Bristol Fungarium has set the bar high for the medicinal mushroom industry. I wholeheartedly recommend their tinctures to anyone looking to enhance their vitality and embrace the healing power of mushrooms. The only UK-grown organic certified Turkey Tail Mushroom Tincture. All our mushrooms are grown on an organic mushroom farm in the green county of Somerset UK, and are certified by the Soil Association. Our organic functional mushroom tinctures are triple extracted with distilled water and organic UK ethanol, on the very same farm the mushrooms are grown on. Speaking of learning, I feel like I learned almost nothing from this book: the text felt sometimes waaay to scientific and technical (especially considering that it's targeted mainly to middle grade readers), and sometimes oversimplified. Overall, it gave off a sense of non-cohesiveness, and the illustrations of something incredibly pretty but also not really useful.

Tour the galleries and learn why fungi are more related to animals than plants. Discover how they evolved. Find out about their amazing variety of shapes and colors, some of them alien-like, almost monstrous, and disgustingly smelly, others incredibly beautiful.” The Mycological Library has one of the most extensive collections of taxonomic literature on fungi in the world, comprising books, periodicals, offprints, and a unique collection of c. 40,000 original illustrations. The British Mycological Society library is housed separately within the Jodrell Laboratory, together with the BMS image collection.

receiving a unique IMI number. Many of these were reference specimens acquired through the IMI identification When I first saw this book (and the others from the same series) at the bookstore, I thought it was meant for young kids; so I was elated when I found out that these are aimed to an adult public as well. I'm always happy when I find an adult picture book - plus, I am a huge mushroom nerd. I wanted to make sure that this was not a cover-buy or, in general, that I wasn't just buying this because it looks good (which it does, o so much), so I decided to read the kindle version first. And, well, I didn't really like it. the introduction of a formal accessions system, each specimen being logged in a series of ledgers and Our Lion’s Mane was cloned from a species we found growing just 300m from our farm near Bristol. As much as possible we utilise native strains, not only to help us get closer once again to the medicine of this land – where so much of the knowledge has been lost – but most importantly to have as little effect as possible on local biodiversity and ultimately tread as lightly as possible on the earth.

Also, I would like to mention the exceptional customer service provided by Bristol Fungarium. The team is incredibly knowledgeable, passionate, and always ready to answer any questions I have about their products. They go above and beyond to ensure customer satisfaction, which creates a sense of trust and confidence in their brand. Who isn't excited about fungus? Unfortunately too many people, which is why I am so pleased that this book exists. A favourite Christmas present, this has left be with the New Year's resolution of becoming the best amateur mycologist I can be - something I had forgotten mattered to me so much despite a favourite series of unfortunate events book being The Grim Grotto (no spoilers on that one here - that is for another time). Ester Gaya is a senior research leader at Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England. She began her career in mycology in Spain and lived in the US before settling in the UK. She has spent the past twenty years researching fungi and is especially fascinated by lichens and their evolutionary process. Also of importance are the Caribbean and South American collections, notably the early collections of C. Wright (Cuba), A. Fendler (Venezuela), F.M.R. Leprieure (French Guyana), A. Sallé (Hispaniola), C. Spegazzini (temperate and subtropical S America), R. Spruce (Brazil), and J.W.H. Trail (Brazil) and which are rich in types. Important later collections include those of R.W.G. Dennis (Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica), E.B. Martyn (British Guiana), D.N. Pegler (Brazil, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique), J.P. Fiard (Martinique), T. Læssøe (Brazil, Ecuador), K. Hjortstam (Brazil), and P.J. Roberts (Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela). These collections are the subject of ongoing research and publications. The illustrations are gorgeous, of course, but there isn't even the smallest attempt at least some sense of proportion; plus - even thought this is a completely personal problem, I admit it - I find that this kind of encyclopaedic books work much better with actual photos than with drawings. After all, wouldn't it be much easier to recognize a fungus in real life if you firstly saw it in a photo compared to a drawing, no matter how beautiful and accurate? I understand that recognizing fungi in the wild is not the main aim of the book, but I still feel like I would have learned much more from real life photos.continues to this day, and a substantial number of IMI specimens are available also as living cultures The Fungarium was founded in 1879 with the donation of Rev Miles J Berkeley’s personal collection of around 30,000 specimens (including 6,000 type specimens). BBC Radio 4 presenter Sheila Dillon recently revealed she has taken mushroom supplements after her cancer treatment. Photograph: BBC

Extracts of turkey tail have been used as mainstream cancer treatments since the 1970s in Japan and 1980s in China. “Turkey tail is an immune system regulator,” says Baxter. “It’s very good for lung cancers and a lot of different cancers.” UK-grown organic Reishi tincture, cloned in our lab and extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset. The national collections contain over 3000 type specimens of species originally described from the UK. They are actively being curated, databased, and used for day-to-day determinations and research. UK-grown Organic Cordyceps tincture, cultivated in our purpose built lab and comprehensively extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset. We are the only organic certified & UK-native functional mushroom producer.Aunque los hongos son un grupo de organismos (reino) que no pertenece ni a las plantas ni a los animales, contrariamente a lo que podríamos pensar, están más emparentados con estos últimos. Contienen quitina, que es similar a la queratina del cabello y piel de los humanos; no producen sus nutrientes, como las plantas y la fotosíntesis, sino que deben engullirlos de materia orgánica. ¿Quizá por eso serán tan recurridos en las dietas vegetarianas? working database, in constant upgrade and improvement. Quality of data with regard to the presence of a taxon Mycology at Kew was initiated with the appointment by Joseph Hooker of M.C. Cooke as curator of Thallophytes ("lower plants") in 1879. This coincided with the gift of the Rev. M.J. Berkeley's mycological collection, numbering some 20,000 specimens from around the world. Berkeley, dubbed the "founding father of British mycology", was one of the most celebrated mycologists of his day, describing over 600 new species, including material collected by Darwin, Hooker, and the HMS Challenger Expedition. Cooke himself had a substantial herbarium, particularly strong in Australian specimens, and both he and Berkeley exchanged specimens with other leading nineteenth century mycologists such as J.H. Léveillé, J.P. Montagne and C. Vittadini, as well as receiving large quantities of British and overseas specimens for description and determination. Nota Bene: This book is part of the outstanding Welcome to the Museum Series, which are uniformly excellent. There are quite a few, some of which include: Planetarium, Dinosaurium, Botanicum, Historium, and Animalium.