Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) is an unusual white mushroom that grows as a soft, rounded cushion covered in long downward-hanging spines, with no cap and no stem. It is a "tooth fungus", and those cascading white spines are where the lion's mane name comes from. Our Lion's Mane extract is made in India for the India market from the whole fruiting body, dual-extracted and lab-tested.
Our Lion's Mane mushroom extract is a concentrated powder made from the whole fruiting body of Hericium erinaceus, never mycelium grown on grain. It carries a published Certificate of Analysis, which most Lion's Mane sold in India does not.
Lion's Mane is studied mainly for its compound chemistry. These describe what is in the mushroom, not what it does in the body.
Hericenones are the compound class specific to the Lion's Mane fruiting body, first isolated in 1991. They are the compounds researchers most associate with Lion's Mane, and they are studied in the laboratory in relation to the nerve growth factor pathway.
The water-soluble fraction is rich in beta-D-glucan and other polysaccharides, the broad compound family studied across functional mushrooms.
Lion's Mane also carries triterpenoid saponins, which are fat-soluble, so an ethanol step is needed to capture them alongside the water-soluble compounds.
From our Certificate of Analysis, batch BE20260201. 8:1 dual extract, whole fruiting body, no carriers.
Beta-glucans lab-verified at 26.20%, which is above 25%, alongside 30.22% total polysaccharides and 2.11% triterpenoid saponins. We print the real numbers rather than a rounded-up claim. Every batch is lab-tested for heavy metals and active compounds.
Lion's Mane holds two kinds of compounds that will not come out the same way. A single hot-water brew pulls only half of them.
Pulls out the water-soluble beta-D-glucans and polysaccharides.
Pulls out the fat-soluble hericenones and triterpenoid saponins that water leaves behind.
Our Lion's Mane is an 8:1 dual extract, hot water plus ethanol, so both fractions end up in the powder. Eight kilograms of raw Lion's Mane go into one kilogram of finished extract.
This matters more for Lion's Mane than almost any other mushroom. Hericenones live in the fruiting body, the white spined mushroom itself. A different compound group, erinacines, is found only in the mycelium, the root-like network grown on grain that many cheaper products actually sell. Because we use the whole fruiting body and never mycelium on grain, our extract carries the hericenones and none of the grain starch that comes with a mycelium shortcut.
Stir 1 to 2 grams of extract powder into hot water, coffee, tea, or a smoothie. Lion's Mane has a mild, savoury, faintly seafood-like taste, which is why some people cook with it too. It is caffeine-free and has no fixed time of day, so it fits a morning coffee or an afternoon cup equally well. Many people take it daily and give it several weeks.
In Japan, Lion's Mane is called yamabushitake, the "mountain priest mushroom", named after the Yamabushi ascetic monks who reportedly carried the dried mushroom on long mountain pilgrimages. In China it is hou tou gu, the "monkey head mushroom", recorded in the classical Compendium of Materia Medica of 1596, and it is still cooked as a food across East Asia. We share this as history and culture, not as a health claim.
Lion's Mane is a food and is not for medicinal use. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are on any medication, consult a doctor before use. Marketed by Nutradose Private Limited under FSSAI License No. 13326999000107.
Composition references (identity only): Kawagishi et al., first isolation of hericenones from the Hericium erinaceus fruiting body, 1991. Compound identity and Certificate of Analysis values (beta-glucans 26.20%, polysaccharides 30.22%, triterpenoid saponins 2.11%) per batch BE20260201. Hericium erinaceus has over 1,500 published papers on PubMed.
