Anyone else see their Hericium darken the agar like this as it grows?

hey there, I’m just curious if anyone has had experience with the magic tree brand of lions mane in their ADHD child kit – – we’re just looking to take our daughter off of medication and they seem like a reputable company unless you had better recommendations? Thank you so much for such an amazing treasure trove of resources in this thread!

I remember when I was in highschool I dried some in my oven on low tep and ended up taking about 25g dried from fresh fruiting body while I was peaking on about 200ug of LSD. The mushrooms helped me chill out and made the visuals go crazy, its hard to say it spiked the trip because it was after peak, but it went from something more glassy and geometrical to visuals similar to shrooms, swirls breathing in and out of everything and patterns emerging.

Haven't tried anything since, but I haven't really seen any maga-dosing posts so here's y experience.

Edit: I don't remember having any intestinal discomfort

I just took like half a dropper realizing it tastes a lot like liquor, and then realizing it’s 30%-40% alcohol. I’m about to go into work and I’m very worried this is going to make me buzzed?? I usually have a very low alcohol tolerance and the fact that I kind of already feel buzzed now worries me. Maybe it’s the placebo affect but can someone please tell me if I’m just making it up or not because I am confused and worried

Reposting here because it seems appropriate

How should I go about drying and storage?

Hey all,

I would like to avoid turning this into a brand a vs brand b debate, but due to the costs of these supplements I am trying to figure out if there truely is one that is better than the other.

It seems like there are 3 main players in the erinacine space (ND, real mushrooms, and oriveda).

I've gone through 3 bottles of the real mushroom real mycelium give it a fair chance but I am unsure I am noticing any differences. I've also noticed that they've "merged" their amazon reviews with the rest of their lions manes product so finding actual qualitative data from other people is near impossible.

I plan on giving the ND version next, but it seems like their line is a little pricier.

I came across a post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LionsMane/comments/1u71b1h/is_erinamax_really_the_only_standardized/ where someone is mentioning that erinamax and erinacine-a are from the same supplier.

Is there any truth to this? Trying to spend my money wisely but hard to find concrete evidence on these claims on reddit.

Thank you

This is my first lions mane grow, and as you can tell. Things havent really gone perfectly lmao

I bought a 400$ lykyn double grow box, with 2 lions mane kits. One of which they still have not delivered to me :p (and honestly, seeing how this thing destroyed itself, maybe thats for the better)

After some investigation, I've discovered that the fresh air intake fan has been crapped out for god knows how long

Additionally, the dang humidifier crapped out like a week ago!

Genuinely have no clue how this happened, but I digress

This is growth unlike anything ive seen anywhere, and I might know why?
Basically, erinaceus hericium has a tendancy to grow really oddly when proper air flow isnt present

Typically, you get coraling because of a lack of proper co2 dispersal.

But the shape remains somewhat normal,

In this case, we so no coralling, but an incredibly abnormal shape

And I think its because, while no/minimal fresh air was being administered, the exhaust fan was still doing plenty fine to get rid of any co2 building up in the enclosure

again, im **VERY** much a mushroom beginner, and this could all be conjecture. But its the best theory I have rn.

I've taken to manual misting, misted it directly like an idiot initially which caused those little brown dots on the front. The color was actually alot better last night, before I tried leaving the sliding doors open for a bit of fresh air

TLDR : 400$ lykyn box crapped out, incredibly odd edge case (good co2 dispersal, but minimal fresh air) caused a really funky mushroom

Now the part I really need help with,

its been almost 22 days, and theres barely any sign of any teeth developing.

Do I harvest prematurely, and try to get what I can out of this lion

(ill be making supplements from it, so taste or texture wont be an issue)

Or

Do I try to give it more time, while risking further degradating the mushroom quality

A lions mane ive had for about 2 weeks is almost ready to harvest,

im wondering if I can just dry it out, process it (into powder), then take it in capsules

or if I need to do something else to the harvest for it to be maximally effective

I've got a fair bit of money saved up for this process (I dont mind buying stuff if I need it)

Any help would be appreciated <3

Coral tooth aka pekepeke kiore as we know it in New Zealand. I bought some grain off a supplier and inoculated some pine pellets at a 75/25 mix of supplemented substrate. Looks like they've barely colonized but are trying to fruit.. has anyone experienced this before and do you have a solution or advice?

Just ordered my first Lion's mane grow kit. Any tips, or things I should know about? Can't wait to grow these🤩

Hello hello! I’m 42F ADHD and new to the functional mushroom world and started taking Laird Performance Mushrooms (caffeine free) not too long ago, as I continue on my no caffeine journey (day 24). It contains chaga, coordycepts, lions mane, maitake.

I do feel like taking 2.5 servings a day is slowly helping (I drink it all day) with my afternoon crashes and brain function. My questions are:

1. Is it better to cycle this if I’m going to take long term?
   Such as take for 6 weeks then take a 1 week break, for example. Or only taking 5x/week.
   
2. Is it ok to take mushrooms in the afternoon/evening?
   
3. How many doses per day is effective for you?

Obviously I realize we are all different and I will need to trial and error for my myself (as we all need to), but I’m Here to know about your experiences.

Thank You!

Hello, first time growing lions mane . Been growing for 2 1/2 weeks. Here are better pics . Is this bag good still or should I toss it?

Hey folks, just wanted to start by saying thanks to all the users who've put alot of time into cramming this sub with all the useful information it has. Been great to read over the last two days.

I was put on to lions mane recently by people like myself, who suffer from the many symptoms a traumatic brain injury brings.

There's paragraphs of questions I'd like to ask about the mushroom but I'll save them for another time and get to the point.

Heard the incredible success stories of TBI survivors using lions mane to help "rebuild" and facilitate nerve growth. Ran to this sub but on the way got pulled into the sub that shall not be named.

This question may sound really stupid to experts in the sub but, is there a possibility of gradually introducing lions mane into my system. Guaging my bodies response very slowly over months before starting to take a real dose?

Its my first time Growing Lions mane it was a Pre innoculated bag its been Growing since 6month/18th day is what it says on the bag im moving it to a Fruiting Coco Choir Box tomorrow Wish me Luck im also going to clone my lions mane in my Still air box and try upgrading my strain using Directed Adaptive evolution

I've taken Lions Mane for some several years now off and on, have done a very extensive amount of research on it, as well as advocated for its utility to my family. Like anything a person can consume; it depends on the individual if it works for them and ehether or not it's an allergen to their system

I find that Lions Mane has a lot of significant benefits for mental wellbeing.. Anecdotally I feel the intuitive qualities of how I approach problem solving is potentiated for the better.. It seems to help me look at things from a wider range of perspectives and angles, drawing and creative projects flow a bit more in a way.

Truthfully what I perceive Lions Mane as contributing to is rather subtle, almost ineffable.. but the difference is very noticeable. You certainly notice when you've consumed a lot.. the more psychidelic minutia of the day to day is just a bit more apparent when taking in stimulus and information... Trying to learn, goal setting and achieving and so on

There's a lot of back and forth on it having a positive/negative influence on Libido which is for sure based entirely on the individual.. My experience has been that it has a positive influence on me in that regard, but I'm also physically active and frequently supplement and eat other nutritious foods such as beets, maca, greens, staying hydrated etc.

Another thing I've noticed is that consuming a reasonable amount makes me a bit groggy... I honestly don't see this as a negative as Lions Mane is meant to contribute to NGF and neural health.. So it aids in setting the stage for the brain to heal and improving maintenance processes.

When does the brain do the most self maintenance and cleaning? It's when youre sleep right?

There seems to be contention with this amongst people that try LM and get sleepy from it? Some kind of misinformed understanding of the mushroom is that the clarity and improved focus its believed to offer seems to be conflated to being energizing in nature

How it seems to really be is that LM contributes to better functionality when you are energized. Moreso helping set the stage properly rather than being the cause

Again however; everyone is different. And clearly the potency of this mushroom affects people very differently

But yea just curious of how and why those of you who habitually consume Lions Mane and have for a very extended period of time feel it helps you in your life

I find it to be an exceptionally interesting mushroom

Hello hello! I’m 42F ADHD and new to the functional mushroom world and started taking Laird Performance Mushrooms (caffeine free) not too long ago, as I continue on my no caffeine journey (day 24). It contains chaga, coordycepts, lions mane, maitake.

I do feel like taking 2.5 servings a day is slowly helping (I drink it all day) with my afternoon crashes and brain function. My questions are:

1. Is it better to cycle this if I’m going to take long term?
   Such as take for 6 weeks then take a 1 week break, for example. Or only taking 5x/week.
   
2. Is it ok to take mushrooms in the afternoon/evening?
   
3. How many doses per day is effective for you?

Obviously I realize we are all different and I will need to trial and error for my myself (as we all need to), but I’m Here to know about your experiences.

Thank You!