Free PDF guide for beginners
Free MushroomBuyers' Guide
Know what you're buying before you buy it. A plain-English guide to mushroom foods, supplements, grow kits, and more, written for people who are brand new to mushrooms.
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What's inside the 14-page guide
- Six rules to follow before you buy any mushroom product
- What the research does and doesn't show for cordyceps, lion's mane, reishi, turkey tail, and chaga
- How to read a label: fruiting body or mycelium, extracts, and what "dual extract" really means
- Who should talk to a doctor first, plus the side effects and drug interactions to know about
- A beginner's path to growing your own, from an easy fruiting block to making your own spawn
- How to pick, store, and cook fresh mushrooms so they don't turn slimy
- Wild mushroom safety: why apps and photos aren't enough, and how to start foraging safely
- A label checklist to take shopping, and 32 sources you can check yourself
Mushroom products are everywhere, and so are big promises. The same mushroom can show up as a fresh cap, a dried chunk, a tincture, a gummy, and a grow kit, and it's hard to know what you're actually getting.
We'd rather you buy with your eyes open. Every health statement in the guide is tied to a source like the NIH, the FDA, the CDC, or Memorial Sloan Kettering.
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