Myco Essentials specializes in the production of "MYCELIAL" based Canadian organic mycological supplements

Myco Essentials is proud to provide 100% organic medicinal mushroom supplements which are exclusively made in Canada . All of our product ingredients are from Canada and we manufacture with the highest quality standards.

Medicinal mushrooms have been shown to enhance immunity and foster disease prevention and treatment:

Immuno-modulation, anti-tumor/anti-cancer properties, anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, cognitive improvement, augmented nerve cell modulation, hepatic protection, anti-viral/anti-HIV properties, cholesterol lowering, blood pressure lowering, anti-osteoporosis, etc, etc.

These functional foods, alternatively termed naturaceuticals, have been investigated extensively (click for references) and shown to confer many health promoting and life extension benefits without notable side effects. These medicinal mushroom products are rapidly gaining recognition in North America, a trend that parallels the extensive usage of mycologicals in Asia for thousands of years. The traditional use for these products as both health foods and medicine has been studied comprehensively and many excellent books and reviews have been written. Researchers began publishing their findings as early as 1968!

Ganoderma lucidum (Ling Zhi / Reishi)
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the woods mushroom / Maitake)
Phellinus igniarius (Phellinus fungus)
Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane)
Cordyceps militaris (Caterpillar fungus)
Lentinula edodes (Black forest mushroom / Shiitake)
Pleurotus eryngii (King oyster mushroom)

Mushroom Mycelium Blended Formulations

Many medicinal mushrooms possess related but distinct components, particularly the multitude of β-glucan polysaccharides (Cheung et al., 2008) and considerable array of small molecular weight molecules (i.e., diterpenoids, triterpenoids; ergosterol derivatives). Notably are the synergistic effects observed when a blend of various species were analysed together. Various scientists and researchers have studied the blending of various medicinal mushroom that can augment the synergistic effect and significantly prevent tumour invasion, metastasis and proliferation: Han et al., 2009, Jiang and Sliva, 2010, ..., etc

The benefits of these medicinal mushrooms are summarized with their references listed below

Investigated Effects	Mushroom Types (Scientific/English Common/Japanese/Chinese Names)
	Ganoderma lucidum	Grifola frondosa	Phellinus igniarius	Hericium erinaceus	Cordyceps militaris	Lentinula edodes
	Lingzhi	Hen of the Woods	Phellinus	Lion's Mane	Caterpillar fungus	Black forest
	Reishi	Maitake	メシマコブ	Yamabushitake	Tōchūkasō	Shiitake
	靈芝	舞茸	桑黃	猴頭菇	冬虫夏草	香菇
Immuno-modulation
Anti-tumor/Anti-cancer
Anti-oxidant
Anti-metastasis
Anti-Aging Effects
Macrophage activator
Anti-Diabetic
Hypoglycemic effect (Blood sugar regulation)
Anti-atherosclerotic
Cognitive improvement / Anti-dementia
Nerve growth factor modulator
Myelination augmentation
Nerve cell modulator/protectant
Antibiotic / Anti-microbial
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-fungal
Hepatic protection
Anti-platelet / Anti-Thrombosis
Anti-viral / Anti-HIV
Anti-herpes
Anti-Influenza
Anti-mutagenesis
Cholesterol lowering / Blood lipid metabolism
Anti-Gout
Anti-cavity
Blood pressure lowering
Vasorelaxation & vascular tone effects
Anti-osteoporosis
Amelioration of rheumatoid arthritis
Anti-allergy / contact sensitivity
Airway cell / asthma modulation
Aerobic metabolism activation
Neurasthenia
Ulcer improvement
Kidney/nephrosis protectant
Kidney mesangial cell modulation
Apoptosis induction of cancer cells
Anti-apoptosis of normal cells
Weight management / Fat cell modulation
Metabolic syndrome
Improved exercise capacity
Analgesic
Anti-arthritic
Anti-bowel/colon inflammation
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Interleukin/interferon modulation
Neuron oxidant protection
Improved sperm production
Testosterone stimulation & Steroidogenesis regulation
β -Estradiol stimulation
Ovulation induction
Anti-itch
Erectile dysfunction
Lupus improvement

Myco Essentials utilizes pure culture techniques for cultivating mushroom MYCELIUM for several key reasons:

The mushroom mycelium can be grown under controlled, strictly sterile conditions as opposed to the fruiting body (mushroom) whose development requires extensive exposure to ambient air which negates sterility.

Pure culture grown mycelium is “never” exposed to the open, nonsterile atmosphere, so undesirable agents such as insects, molds, and bacteria do not present a problem. Unlike some mushroom growers, our products are never exposed to pesticides/insecticides or other agents used in the mushroom industry to control mold growth. Because we produce our product in small batches, if the occasional culture develops a contaminant, it is simply discarded and never enters the final product.

All our mycelial products are cultivated with the same attention to detail. Be cautious with preparations which incorporate whole mushrooms. Unscrupulous suppliers use the discarded cutting or unmarketable/aged mushrooms in their products.

The mycelium is allowed to grow in 100% certified organic rye grain and NOT sawdust based wood by-products, agricultural by-products or any form of animal feed. All of the ingredients going into producing our mycelial products are controlled and ensured safe.

We have undertaken the task of propagating select mycelia cultures from traditionally used mushrooms in multiple small batches to allow for strict quality control and easy, thorough, inspection of all actively growing cultures during the course of propagation rather than at the completion of the growing phase as is often the case with large batch fermentation processes. This decision does increase labour but allows for a consistently produced, contaminant free, product.

Myco Essentials Mycelium Growing Process

1) Agar media is inoculated with starting mycelium (example: Reishi)		2) Fully colonized plate of pure culture of selected medicinal mushroom mycelium

3) Organic rye grain is extensively washed and cooked		4) Cooked organic rye is transferred to glass jars and sterilized

5) Mycelium propagates on the sterilized grain under 100% sterile conditions		6) Mycelium colonizes and digests the grain over a period of approximately 3 months

Following complete colonization, the mycelium mass is hygienically collected, and slowly dehydrated under a warm stream of air 7) The dried mycelium is finely milled. Unlike many products that contain only a fractionated extract, all Myco Essentials products use the entire contents of the jar which of course contains all the mycelial components (i.e., endopolysaccharides), extracellular components (i.e., exopolysaccharides) and small molecular weight metabolites. 8) The milled mycelium is encapsulated (NO additives or fillers are used)		Alternative route: Expose the mycelium to natural environment (subject to the risk of molds and bacteria contamination) and develop into fruiting body - mushroom King Oyster and Early stage Reishi (Ling Zhi) Mushroom Hericium (Lion's Mane) Mycelium & Mushroom produced by Myco Essentials - grown completely within the sterile environment of the glass jar. The processed product contains all the mycelium, fruitbody and extracellular metabolites that comprise this holistic functional food and nutraceutical.

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