After many years of research and sourcing, I am so excited to bring you these truly wild Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) mushrooms, carefully hand-harvested, by experienced mushroom harvesters, in the old growth wild forests of the Altai Republic, Siberia, and then gently sun-dried.

Genuine wild reishi, authentically grown in the wild on wild trees, is really rare on the market, unless you are literally in a specific village in Siberia or China. The vast majority of reishi on the market is grown indoors, under manufactured conditions, often through the use of a number of dubious chemicals. By stark comparison, our authentically wild Altai reishi is entirely an organic product of the forest, and because it must survive intense climatic fluctuations, from very hot Summers, to brutally cold Winters, intense UV and other oxidative stressors, its revered suite of bioactive compounds, beta-glucans, triterpenoids, sterols, polysaccharides, phenols, etc, are produced in larger concentrations as a natural defence mechanism. Benefits that absolutely are conferred to whoever is lucky enough to imbibe it.

Our wild Siberian mushrooms may not look as pretty as the indoor grown ones, as they often have marks from moss, lichen, perhaps fallen pine needles or indentations from fallen twigs and all the other things that might collect near the forest floor, or drop from the canopy above, but their nutrition, robustness and medicinality is far superior. 

Reishi mushrooms, commonly referred to as the "King of Mushrooms" or "The Mushroom of Longevity" are especially noted as one of the very most cherished and acclaimed organisms in traditional Daoist, Chinese, Tibetan and Russian medicinal systems. Reishi also has been scientifically studied more than practically any other medicinal edible on the planet, especially by Chinese, Korean, Russian and American scientists.

Unlike fresh indoor grown reishi, these are fully dried, so you are not paying for any water weight. If you are wondering how much a typical sun-dried reishi mushroom weighs, that can vary tremendously, with smaller mushrooms weighing only 20g and very large specimens weighing around the 200g mark. In order to supply the correct weight, sometimes a mushroom may arrive cut in half, but most of the time, you will receive whole mushrooms.

We are providing the whole sun-dried reishi and your chosen weight will come in a brown paper bag and can be stored in the bag or decanted into a suitable size glass jar, as you prefer.

Instructions: 

To make a potent reishi tea/hot water infusion, simply pour 1 litre of good quality water into a saucepan and add 10g to 30g of your dried reishi mushroom to the saucepan. Bring to the boil, turn to a simmer, and let simmer for 1-2 hours. In this time, the water will typically reduce to 750ml of potent reishi tea. Strain and enjoy. Repeat 2-3 times to extract all the goodness from the mushroom, then discard into your compost. Reishi is also a wonderful companion to simmer alongside our other similarly hardy wild offerrings: Chaga, Dandelion root and Shatavari.

While smaller, thinner mushrooms can be broken in the hand, medium to larger mushrooms can be carefully cut on a chopping board with a sharp knife. In general though, if the mushroom is a bit too dense, I preferentially advise to make an initial tea with the whole mushroom, then cut it after its first boiling, now soft and hydrated, it is considerably easier to cut.

Pro tip: after simmering your reishi, and the mushrooms have cooled down, make sure to squeeze the pieces with your hand to release the extra potent tea hidden hidden inside them. Unlike chaga mushroom, which will remain hard after a long simmering, the reishi will become soft and swell-up with water, much like a sponge, so before you discard them, do make sure you give them a good squeeze to release all that additional reishi goodness into your mug.

Please select from the following weights:

50g: £13.89

100g: £24.49

250g: £56.99

500g: £108.99

1kg: £209.99