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No no no.. for Lion's Mane, you want only the mycelium. How do you grow it in liquid such that 100% of the mycelium is available? Growing on grain ruins the cos
by anewpersonality 4y ago
No no no.. for Lion's Mane, you want only the mycelium. How do you grow it in liquid such that 100% of the mycelium is available? Growing on grain ruins the cost-efficiency of the product.
- flutas 4y agoThere's a reason Ben's Original (Uncle Ben's) is big in the mushroom community. - Pre sterilized - Cost effective - Easy to monitor
- np_tedious 4y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/unclebens https://old.reddit.com/r/unclebens Such genius simplicity. I've grown once in mason jars with rice flour, and once in uncle Ben's. Ben was such an improvement
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI am only familiar with eating of the fruiting body. Are you saying that the fruiting body is useless, or am I misunderstanding you? The eating of the fruiting body has a very long history and some literature. Do you have any more information.?
- idiotsecant 4y agoThe fruiting body of hericium mushrooms like lion's mane do not contain Erinacine A, which is generally recognized to be the most beneficial component of lions mane. That compound is present only in the mycelium. The fruiting body does contain Hericenones, which are also thought to have some health benefits, just not the nervous system repair benefits that Erinacine A provides.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThanks!
- idiotsecant 4y agoNo problem - the post you were replying to also left out some information, though- almost all hericium liquid culture mycelium also fail to produce the compound in question. It can be produced with certain specific liquid cultures, but for the home grower the highest erinacine A yields can be achieved by growing on small-ground corn kernel ( <2 mm ). you could be forgiven for thinking consumption of the fruiting body is what provides benefits - almost all lions mane 'supplement' companies are selling dried, ground fruit bodies because that also 'supplements' their income stream - sell the fruiting bodies for a premium, grind up the trim pieces and leftovers for a secondary income stream. They fail to mention that the product they are selling is essentially worthless, outside of what could be better achieved by eating fruiting bodies anyhow. There are a few reputable companies out there that validate the amount of erinacine A in a typical batch, those are the ones you want to buy from.
- anewpersonality 4y ago> There are a few reputable companies out there that validate the amount of erinacine A in a typical batch, those are the ones you want to buy from. Which company?
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThe thing that confuses me about this is that Hericium has a long history of medicinal use. My understanding is the peoples and cultures that ate it consumed the frit body, not the mycelium.