UK-grown organic Shiitake tincture, cultivated in our fruiting chamber and extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset.

SKIN – SALUBRITY – DEFENCE

Shiitake, one of the most popular culinary mushrooms we grow, also boasts a great number of health-promoting benefits and has long been used in the traditional healing protocols of China, Japan, Korea, and eastern Russia. Rich in bioactive compounds and known for its beneficial polysaccharides, proteins, and vitamins – especially vitamin D – due to their high ergosterol content, Shiitake’s cultivation technique stems back to ancient China where the mushroom was seen as a symbol of youthfulness and virility.

We are the only UK-native organic certified functional mushroom producer.

Etymology

Late 19th century: from Japanese, ‘shii’ denoting a kind of oak, and ‘take’ meaning ‘mushroom’.

Folklore

Once upon a time in China & Japan, logs inoculated with Shiitake during a child’s birth would mature with them into adulthood, when they would inherit the ‘fortune in their backyard’. This made shiitake a highly prized possession, which families would regularly rob from one another – leading to what was known as a ‘shiitake war’.

Origin

Native to East Asia.

What makes Bristol Fungarium’s Shiitake tincture unique?

100% Organic Certified

The only UK grown organic certified Shiitake Mushroom Tincture. All our mushrooms are grown on an organic mushroom farm in the green county of Somerset UK, and are certified by the Soil Association. Our organic functional mushroom tinctures are triple extracted with distilled water and organic UK ethanol, on the very same farm the mushrooms are grown on.

Grown in Somerset, UK

Our Shiitake is grown on our organic mushroom farm, where we crop over half a ton per month. We also prepare the tinctures and pack the orders in-house – meaning origin can be traced back to one location in the clean green pastures of Somerset with absolutely no tampering by third parties.

Triple Extracted, 1: 4 Ratio (Super Strength)

We carry out two hot water extractions and a final organic ethanol extraction to gain access to all the bioactive compounds responsible for Shiitake ‘s beneficial properties. Many capsules and supplements are shipped across the world in powder form as it is a more commercially viable way of transporting extracted products, however, our tinctures are prepared on-site at a 1:4 ratio (1g of mushrooms to every 4ml of water). Tinctures have a longer shelf life than capsules, provide a faster absorption rate, enable flexible dosage, and are easy to prepare by simply taking one squeeze of mushroom tincture twice per day either directly under the tongue or into a short glass of water.

Fully Transparent & Short Supply Chain

Each bottle of our organic Shiitake tincture contains 128g of Shiitake fruiting body*. Because our supply chain is so much shorter, and we prepare our tincture in comparatively small batches, you can be sure that the extracts you buy from us haven’t lost bioactive compounds due to sitting around for a long time or being shipped halfway across the world. *fresh value

We recommend speaking to a qualified medical practitioner if you are on any medication and unsure of how it may interact.