Five checks that separate real mushroom extract from expensive grain filler — on any product. Use it on us, too. Especially on us.
The single most important line. Fruiting body is the actual mushroom, where the active compounds concentrate. Mycelium on grain is roots grown on rice or oats and milled together — often mostly starch.
Beta-glucans are the measured active compound. "Total polysaccharides" can include the grain starch — so a big polysaccharide number can actually be a red flag, not a selling point.
A "proprietary blend" hides how much of anything you're getting. And "2,000 mg of mushrooms" split across six species can be a token amount of each. Studied doses are often 1 gram or more of a single mushroom — many products deliver a fraction of that.
Mushrooms bioaccumulate heavy metals, so testing matters for safety as well as potency. Best case: an independent lab report (COA) you can actually read, by lot.
Real fruiting-body extract at a real dose costs more to make. A suspiciously cheap "mushroom" product is usually cheap because there isn't much mushroom in it. You're allowed to pay fairly for the real thing — just make sure that's what you're getting (checks 1–4).
Score any product — give it a point for each "yes":
4–5: trustworthy. 2–3: ask questions. 0–1: you're probably buying grain.
Fruiting body, doses on the front, beta-glucan published, every lot tested.
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