The Mushroom Show

The keys to empowering your supplement search can be found right here. In this episode of Mushroom Coffee, Tony and Tegan review different labels and explain what to look for in a label for mushroom supplements. They talk about the importance of extraction ratios, the best practices for labelling a supplement product, how to decipher confusing or misleading facts panels, other ingredients in supplements to be mindful of, and much more!

If you want to see the labels we are talking about, be sure to check this one out on YouTube!

In this episode of the Mushroom Show, we are joined by Adam Sayner, who is based in the UK and is the founder of GroCycle. His company’s mission is to simplify the process of growing mushrooms - whether that is on a hobbyist or commercial scale. We chatted about Adam’s journey with mushrooms, how he started GroCycle, what to focus on if you’re starting your own growing business, what kinds of substrates are most effective depending on where you live, what his current mission is, how the world is being influenced by mushrooms, how mushrooms are growing in popularity, and much more. Check out the timestamps in the description if you want to skip to a particular section! And as always, enjoy the conversation! 

0:00 Intro
1:17 How Adam Got Into Mushrooms and Why GroCycle Was Started
5:12 Why Mushroom Awareness Is Growing Rapidly
9:45 Challenges To Selling Mushroom Growing Kits
13:29 Is It Feasible To Set Up A Small Scale Mushroom Farm?
18:00 Adam’s Favorite Low Tech Mushroom Growing Methods
21:13 Difference Between European And North American Methods
25:56 GroCycle Building A New Farm
28:45 Why Is Mushroom growing So Hard?
30:37 Setting Up Mushroom Farms Worldwide?
34:06 Why GroCycle Focuses On Oyster Mushrooms
36:00 Can You Use Coffee Grounds To Grow Mushrooms?
40:20 How Realistic Are Ecological Myco-solutions?
43:40 Life As A “Mushroom Entrepreneur”
46:35 Where To Start With GroCycle

Check out GroCyle here: https://grocycle.com/
GroCycle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grocycle_project/
GroCycle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jOgJRKA9vHnSVR8Oe_wbA

Everyone has different routines and activities that mushrooms can help to optimize.  In this episode of Mushroom Coffee, Tony & Tegan chat about how to "stack" mushrooms based on their unique characteristics and the different usage protocols we can use to get the most out of mushrooms. 

0:00 - Intro 
2:38 What is Stacking? 
3:44 - Lion's Mane Mushroom Characteristics
4:46 - Turkey Tail Characteristics
5:15 - Reishi Characteristics
5:56 - Cordyceps Characteristics
6:54 - Chaga Characteristics
7:32 - Maitake Characteristics
8:24 - Honorable Mention: Tremella
8:56 - Summary 
9:57 - Timing & When to Take Mushrooms
13:00 - Cycling Mushrooms
14:25 - Tony & Tegan's Current Stacking Protocol
14:50 - Should You Take Mushrooms with Food or without Food?
15:54 - The Most Common Mushroom Stacks
19:00 - What is an Adaptogen?
21:02 - Dosage
22:19 - Tony's Favorite Stack
23:12 - Alternate Supplement Stacks
24:50 - Tegan's Favorite Stack
25:40 - Thanks for Watching and Listening!

In this episode of the Mushroom Show, we chat with Eugenia Bone, who is a nature and food journalist, speaker, author, and a cultural pillar in the world of mushrooms. She became involved with the world of mushrooms through family traditions and a deep appreciation for fungi's culinary applications, and has advocated for mushrooms in every imaginable capacity. She appears in the Netflix film "Fantastic Fungi", a movie that celebrates fungi's ability to connect and heal. Her books intersect ecology, mycology, sustainability, and food. She also lectures in venues across America on the therapeutic potential of psilocybin containing mushrooms.

The Mushroom Show is a new show from FreshCap that explores the wider world of mushrooms with long form 1:1 conversations featuring the movers and the shakers in the mushroom space! New episode every week Sundays at 10AM MT. 

Mushroom powder can be complicated- and it's hard to know what might be best for you. In this episode of "Mushroom Coffee" Tony and Tegan chat about how mushroom powder is made, the major differences between extraction methods and species, and what to look out for if you are in the market for functional mushrooms!

This is a new show from FreshCap where Tegan and Tony discuss mushroom supplements, mycology, and connect with the wider mushroom community!

This was a live recorded episode of FreshCap Friday, we chat all about Lion's Mane mushroom. How does it grow? What makes it so special? What are the benefits of Lion's Mane? How do you use it?

In this episode, we cover various "shroomisms" or important words that get tossed around alot when discussing medicinal mushrooms.

Hopefully we covered them all!

Turkey Tail Mushroom - Why We’re Still Talking About It 3000 Years Later

In this episode we talk all about the amazing medicinal powers of Turkey Tail Mushroom- how it grows, what the benefits are, and what compounds are in this mushroom that make it so special. 

Go to YouTube video to get all the links.

https://youtu.be/qndh5TF-bz4

This week, we wanted to shine the spotlight on a few lesser-known (but just as amazing!) medicinal mushrooms.

You may have never considered these to be medicinal mushrooms before..... but that doesn't mean they are any less powerful.

What makes these mushrooms so special?

• one of them has been cultivated and used for over 1000 years
• another is often called the "beauty mushroom" and used for skin health, with potential anti-aging benefits
• another is a mushroom you probably know well- but you might not know it contains a compound being touted as the "next vitamin"

Links:

Telluride Mushroom Festival (https://www.tellurideinstitute.org/telluride-mushroom-festival/)

Mighty Networks (https://freshcap.link/mighty-networks)

Enoki Links:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mushrooms-health_b_3069976

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14616874/

Wood Ear:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19298211/

Tremella:

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Skin-Wound-Healing-Promoting-Effect-of-Extracts-and-Khamlue-Naksupan/a84ae79d2e3124440e80a7070c7770475485cb06

Agaricus Blazei:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952310

Lion’s Mane and Maitake have something in common. They are both delicious gourmet mushrooms AND super powerful medicinal mushrooms. In this video we dive deep into the benefits and share fun facts about these two incredible mushrooms.

Want to enter the Try Mushrooms Starter Kit giveaway?

Enter here: 
👉 https://freshcap.link/starter-kit-giveaway

(and then come back to watch the rest of this video!)

Intro: 1:16
Giveaway Info: 3:25
Closet of Mysteries Shoutout: 4:40
Lion’s Mane: 5:20
How It Grows: 6:40
Benefits of Lion’s Mane: 8:47
Compounds In Lion’s Mane: 9:40
Studies Done on Lion’s Mane: 11:22
Maitake: 15:51
How It Grows: 17:02
Benefits of Maitake: 18:02


Links:

Giveaway: https://freshcap.link/starter-kit-giveaway
Closet of Mysteries: https://closetofmysteries.com/

Lion’s Mane Studies:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18844328/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31413233/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18758067/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20834180/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23557368/

Maitake Studies:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12126464/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23280601/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17430642/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21034160/