Scientific name: Lentinula edodes Other names: Shiitake Family: Omphalotaceae Parts used: Fruiting body The shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many East Asian countries. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. Antimicrobial & antiviral Antioxidant Cardioprotective Cognitive enhancement Immunomodulatory Weight regulation Our farm partners have been growing and extracting mushrooms for 40+ years and mushroom powders simply do not get any better then this. In addition to taking steps to ensure purity and a high constituent content, we are also concerned about providing mushroom products in which the constituents are in a bioavailable form. The main constituents of mushrooms, the 1,3-Beta Glucans, are tightly bound to the cell walls and have a low degree of bioavailability in raw mushrooms. To overcome this and increase the bioavailability of the constituents, all of our mushrooms undergo a steam activation process that breaks down the cell walls and frees the 1,3-Beta Glucans from the chitin. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake
