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Mushrooms for Wellness – Lion’s Mane

BLUF: Lion’s Mane are functional mushrooms that have been used for centuries in traditional medicine. They are gaining popularity in the US for their cognitive, neural, antioxidant and anti-cancer properties, as well as many other benefits.
Available online as a tincture, or dried, or fresh from one of our local markets.

Lion’s Mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) is a type of edible fungus that grows in the wild and is cultivated for medicinal and culinary properties. It has a distinctive appearance, resembling a white pom-pom or a lion’s mane, hence its name. Lion’s Mane mushroom has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and is now gaining popularity in the US as a natural supplement to enhance cognitive function, support nerve health, boost immunity, and so much more.

Some of the possible benefits of Lion’s Mane are:

  • It contains bioactive compounds that stimulate the production of nerve growth factor (NGF), a protein that promotes the growth and survival of neurons. NGF is essential for maintaining brain health and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

  • Promotes healthy energy levels and combats fatigue1.

  • It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that protect the brain from oxidative stress and inflammation, which are major causes of cognitive decline and mood disorders. It is now being considered as a potential alternative treatment for depression1! Lion’s Mane mushroom may also improve memory, learning, and concentration by enhancing synaptic plasticity and neural communication.

  • Combats biological aging.1

  • It supports the regeneration of myelin, the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers and facilitates the transmission of electrical impulses. Myelin damage can lead to multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, and other neurological conditions. Lion’s Mane mushroom may help repair myelin and restore nerve function.

  • Reduces anxiety and stress1.

  • It boosts the immune system by activating natural killer cells, macrophages, and T cells, which are responsible for fighting infections and eliminating abnormal cells. Lion’s Mane mushroom may also modulate the immune response and reduce inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

  • Promotes brain injury recovery1.

  • It has antibacterial and antiviral properties that can inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms such as H. pylori, E. coli, and herpes simplex virus. Lion’s Mane mushroom may also prevent or treat gastric ulcers, intestinal infections, and cold sores.

  • Protects liver and kidney health1.

  • It has anticancer properties that can induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in tumor cells and prevent their proliferation and metastasis. Lion’s Mane mushroom may also enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation therapy by reducing their side effects and increasing their sensitivity.

  • Promotes heart health1.

    Texas Fungus tinctures are highly rated because we make them using 100% dried Fruiting Body and use a Dual-Extraction process (Alcohol and Hot Water extraction), which produces a superior product. If you’re new to tinctures, they can be taken sublingually (under the tongue) – which ensures fast absorption for immediate effect – or mixed with any beverage of your choice. To learn more about tinctures, check out our blog post “What the Heck is a Tincture… and Why Should I Care?“

    However, it’s important to consult with a medical professional prior to starting any new supplement as some of the properties of functional mushrooms could negatively interact with other medications or supplements you might be taking. See our disclaimer below.

    If Lion’s Mane might be right for you, purchase here and let us know what you think!

Disclaimer: The information or products mentioned are provided as informational resources only, and are not to be used or relied on to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This information does not create any patient-doctor relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional, medical diagnosis and treatment. The statements made in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is intended for educational purposes. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by licensed medical physicians. Please consult your doctor or health practitioner for any medical advice and prior to starting, adding, adjusting or stopping any health related product, supplement, etc.

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Functional Mushrooms for Wellness – Chaga

BLUF: Chaga mushrooms are functional mushrooms that may make an excellent addition to your diet or wellness routine. Whether added to your daily coffee or tea or taken straight as a liquid tincture, Chaga is known for its antioxidant and anti-cancer properties, as well as many other benefits.
Available online as a tincture.

Chaga mushroom tincture is a liquid extract made from Chaga mushroom, which grows on tree trunks, typically birch trees. It is rich in antioxidants and has several beneficial plant compounds, including:

  • triterpenoids
  • melanins
  • polysaccharides
  • polyphenols
  • flavans

Texas Fungus tinctures are highly rated because we make them using 100% dried Fruiting Body and use a Dual-Extraction process (Alcohol and Hot Water extraction), which produces a superior product. If you’re new to tinctures, they can be taken sublingually (under the tongue) – which ensures fast absorption for immediate effect – or mixed with any beverage of your choice.
However, it’s important to consult with a medical professional prior to starting any new supplement as some of the properties of functional mushrooms could negatively interact with other medications or supplements you might be taking. See our disclaimer below.

Potential benefits of Chaga include:

If Chaga might be right for you, purchase here and let us know what you think!
To learn more about tinctures, check out our blog post “What the Heck is a Tincture… and Why Should I Care?“

Disclaimer: The information or products mentioned are provided as informational resources only, and are not to be used or relied on to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This information does not create any patient-doctor relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional, medical diagnosis and treatment. The statements made in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is intended for educational purposes. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by licensed medical physicians. Please consult your doctor or health practitioner for any medical advice and prior to starting, adding, adjusting or stopping any health related product, supplement, etc.
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‘Where to Try Cordyceps, The Star of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’, in Texas’

Reposted from Texas Monthly’s March 13, 2023 article “Where to Try Cordyceps, The Star of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’, in Texas”. 

“After mixing Texas Fungus’s Cordyceps Militaris powder into my morning coffee, I can report my energy reached a level akin to Tom Cruise’s during his bombing-run scene in Top Gun: Maverick. I felt less jittery and less breathless than I do when I drink espresso. 

The flavor is far more interesting than that of coffee—washes of browned butter and something like rained-on moss…” – read the full article here.

Get your own Top Gun-level boost with Texas Fungus Cordyceps 😉
Available online as a tincture or dried, or at one of our local markets.

Disclaimer: The information or products mentioned in this article are provided as information resources only, and are not to be used or relied on to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This information does not create any patient-doctor relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional, medical diagnosis and treatment. The statements made in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is intended for educational purposes. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by licensed medical physicians. Please consult your doctor or health practitioner for any medical advice and prior to starting, adding, adjusting or stopping any health related product, supplement, etc.
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Why OUR Shrooms?

BLUF (bottom line up front): ‘The Best Damn Mushrooms in Texas’ isn’t just a clever tag line – it’s a fact based on the quality of our products, the expertise of our farmers, and the effectiveness of our processes. Texas Fungus is a brand you can trust.

Don’t take our word for it though, see for yourself and let us know what you think!

Reason 1: Quality and Consistency

Whether it’s our tinctures, our equipment and machinery, our processes or the star of the show, our actual mushrooms, we take deep pride in what we do and HOW we do it. We go above and beyond what is the minimum standard, beyond what is just ‘required’, and always beginning with the end in mind.  

Always. Every time. 

We do not sacrifice quality for the sake of profit. 

Case in point: Our tinctures are made using 100% whole fruiting body of mushrooms, no filler materials ever. And all TF mushrooms are trimmed, always. This means we trim off the substrate so you get only mushroom, no fluff. Period!

We do not sacrifice quality because we get busy. 

We do not sacrifice quality if we’re in the middle of a growth period and short on staff.

We NEVER sacrifice quality. 

If we have to delay an order being shipped to you, our incredible fungus family, we will – if it means you’ll be getting the best product, at the level you deserve. Because at the end of the day, none of this exists without YOU!

This passion for top-notch shrooms and shroom products means you’ll consistently get the highest quality possible when you purchase from Texas Fungus. 

Always. Every time.


Reason 2: Expertise of our Farmers

All Texas Fungus farmers are personally trained by me (Jordan) the founder. Not only to create consistency in practice and knowledge base among staff, but also because it is my aim to cultivate a culture of passion for what we do. I want every farmer and TF teammate to get just as jazzed about shrooms as I do – well, my level might not be realistic for everyone, but as close to it as possible 🙂.

I have dedicated years of my life and, at this point, millions of hours to becoming a fungus master. Of course, there is always something new to learn – one of the things I love about fungi – and I’m always striving to gain more knowledge. 

But when it comes to the ‘Super 6’ (our term for the 6 TF staple shrooms – 
Lion’s Mane 
Oyster
Maitake
Chaga 
Reishi
Cordyceps)
– we make it our mission to be the mushroom voice you can rely on.


Reason 3: Effectiveness of our Processes and Equipment

Just like a doctor who studies areas of the body around and connected to her area of practice, allowing her to make hidden connections and the most accurate diagnoses for her patients, so too do we study the connections between each step of the growing process and how it interacts with the specific type of mushrooms we grow. 

From the materials and machinery we use, like the type of bag Texas Fungus mushrooms are grown in or the custom steam box we built, to the quality and consistency of our selected suppliers, the difference made by something as seemingly small as the color of the bag or the ingredients in the substrate translates to hundreds in pounds harvested and thousands in revenue.

If you’re a grower who would like to see how you could have similar results, reach out to schedule a consultation.

From a true passion for and dedication to our craft, to a carefully crafted 7-step growing process, we work hard every day to create products and mushrooms we are proud of; otherwise, for us, there’s really no point. Our aim: that Texas Fungus is a gourmet brand you can trust.

Passion before profit and quality over quantity.
Always. Every time.

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I Need to Eat Mushrooms? Really??

BLUF: Making mushrooms a regular part of your diet is a great idea for many reasons. Benefits are listed below, but the bottom line is: you’ll be a better functioning, healthier version of you with shrooms.
Available online as a tincture or dried, or fresh at one of our local markets.

Yes, REALLY! Sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you. Read on to find out what you’re missing; and scroll to the bottom for sources and references.

Benefits of Mushrooms
– One of the few non-animal sources of Vitamin D
– May help lower the risk of stroke
– Support weight loss
– Reduce blood pressure
– Improve gut health
– Support cognitive functioning and brain health
– Cancer prevention
– Immune system support
– Excellent micronutrient source
– Nervous system support
– Boost stamina and energy
– Full of antioxidants
– Can help regulate / balance blood sugar
– Lower inflammation
– Rich in B vitamins
– Source of copper
– Smooth, glowing skin
– High in potassium

Okay, wow; It’s definitely time to give shrooms a try!
Where can I get a product I can trust?!

Not only are Texas Fungus mushrooms delicious, but we just happen to grow the top medicinal mushroom varieties – Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps, Oysters, Maitake. 🙂
Each variety has several individual health benefits when heat activated.

Note: It’s important NOT to consume raw mushrooms regularly, as the benefits mentioned above are only experienced when the mushrooms are heat activated, i.e. cooked or pickled.
Watch the video below to learn more about this!

Share the healing power of mushrooms as a gift for someone in need or try one of our products yourself and let us know what you think!
You can purchase ‘The Best Damn Mushrooms in Texas’ dried mushrooms, tinctures, or growing equipment online or at one of our local markets. 
(And this is how we grow our mushrooms and what makes TF products stand out.)

To purchase in-person, you can find us here:

Texas Fungus Farm: 3201 E. Pioneer Parkway, Suite 9, Arlington, TX 76010
Monday – Friday from 8am – 2pm
GPS: 32.7106584,-97.5167852
Back of the business park on the left, look for a black flatbed trailer

Cowtown Farmers Market: 3821 Southwest Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76116
Saturdays from 8am – 12pm

Good Local Markets: White Rock Lake Market: 1450 Old Gate Lane, Dallas, TX 75218
Saturdays from 9am – 12pm

Central Market on Lovers Lane – Ask for the Texas Fungus brand!
Because they carry other mushrooms as well… 

Important: Mushroom varieties work differently for each person because of your chemical makeup. Each person has different levels of Chitinase, an enzyme that degrades chitin found in mushrooms. Because of the varying levels of these enzymes, some mushrooms have a more powerful effect for certain people than those same mushrooms, or mushroom products, have for others. Our Head Mushroom Farmer and CEO, Jordan Jent, breaks it down in the video below. If you try a product and don’t have the same results as someone you know, this is probably why. It doesn’t mean that this same product won’t still be beneficial for someone else in your circle. It also doesn’t mean that you won’t experience positive results with a different species of fungi. This is a journey and you’ll probably have to experiment until you find the perfect products for you and your needs. Please also see our disclaimer below.

Sources and References

Disclaimer: The information or products mentioned in this article are provided as information resources only, and are not to be used or relied on to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This information does not create any patient-doctor relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional, medical diagnosis and treatment. The statements made in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is intended for educational purposes. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by licensed medical physicians. Please consult your doctor or health practitioner for any medical advice and prior to starting, adding, adjusting or stopping any health related product, supplement, etc.

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How Texas Fungus Came to Be ‘The Best Damn Mushrooms in Texas’ (Our Origin Story)

BLUF (bottom line up front): Fungi is everything; at least for us.
And never let anyone stop you from pursuing your passions, no matter how wild they may seem 😉

Try our fungi and let us know how we’re doing!

I love food. I mean, who doesn’t love to eat – am I right?! No, but I REALLY love food. I love it the way some people love music. Or traveling. Or golfing; or football. Like I get an intense feeling of joy when I make, experience, or share great food with others. 

So, naturally, I got a culinary degree and started my career at some of the best restaurants in Dallas. 

I’ve worked with some of the greats – Chef Bruno Davallion,  Chef Kent Rathbun, Chef Chris Patrick, and Chef Daniel Burr – and this is where my appreciation and respect for mushrooms began. 

It started with food; but mushroomed (pun intended 😉 as my knowledge of fungi – and all the incredible things it can do for our bodies and our world – expanded. 
If you don’t know that the only reason life is able to exist and thrive on Earth is because of fungi, you’re missing so much. 

If you don’t know that fungi and mushrooms can truly save our planet and heal our bodies, then you need to check out our other post “Why Mushrooms?”. 

Fungi is everything. Period.
To me, at least. 

But back to the story… Well, fungi is, in fact, the story.
But how I arrived at that story, the story before the story, started in the kitchen.

A top-notch kitchen is run like a well-oiled machine, and not much differently than a military unit. There’s a lot of shouting, intensity and anxiety involved in producing impeccable plates. It can be challenging achieving a standard of perfection over and over for hours on end, day in and day out.

But it can also become a beautiful, flow-state of chaos with miraculous, delicious art born of that chaos. 
And when you work at high end spots such as Abacus or The Mansion on Turtle Creek, part of the resulting art of that beautiful process is the mushroom.

The mushroom can be the cherry on top –  finishing a fantastic dish with the perfect artistic pop! Or it can be the base – the foundation of a soup or creamy sauce, or the foundation of a house itself…
Yes, there really are people building houses with spent mushroom substrate!

Mushrooms can be almost anything. They are amazing, full stop. 

As I discovered the diversity and versatility of fungi in the kitchen, I also started learning the value of its flavor profiles. Just like a good wine, mushrooms can bring out magic when paired correctly.
From there, the nutritional knowledge and how shrooms can positively impact our health, also developed. The more I learned about mushrooms, and then fungi, the more in awe I became.

As this passion intensified, and as my understanding of the restaurant scene in DFW developed, I realized there was a real need. 

Not only were restaurants searching for a top-notch, local supplier they could count on for delicious, gourmet mushrooms, but the DFW community was also in need of the healing properties fungi could provide –
whether that be through incorporating higher-quality fresh mushrooms into their diets, or through the use of trustworthy, quality fungi products such as tinctures, powders, or even growing equipment for our grower friends. 

I started looking for this high-quality, local supplier, and then it dawned on me: this was a real opportunity to live my passion.
The needed supplier could be me.

During my time working as a chef in Dallas, I had gone back to college and was working toward a finance degree. This realization, no, this calling – that I was meant to be a mushroom farmer – came to me in my second to last semester of that degree at UTA in 2016,
and Texas Fungus was born. 

Imagine how it sounded to my parents when I said:
“Guess what, guys? I’m quitting school with only 1 semester left to be a mushroom farmer instead”! 

Yeah… everyone definitely thought I had lost it for a while.

I continued anyway. 

When everyone said “Who’s going to buy enough mushrooms to make a whole business out of that?!”, I continued. 

Without a farm, I continued. 

Without money to start the business, I continued. 

When I couldn’t find proper suppliers or the materials and equipment I needed, I created what I needed instead; and I continued.

What started as a garage-sized project in Dallas Uptown producing 30-40 lbs/week quickly expanded into a full-scale operation growing over 500 lbs of mushrooms weekly by February 2020, largely fueled by restaurant orders.

When the pandemic hit, our restaurant accounts tanked.
Doing business the way we had been up to this point wasn’t possible anymore, and we almost went under. So many hardworking food industry professionals lost everything. 

But we pivoted and innovated – we created new products and expanded into new markets; and I continued. 

I had to fight, and fight, and work, and work, and work – 70-80 hour weeks for the last 5 years straight to build and sustain this company.
Day and night, living and breathing mushrooms – literally. (always wear a respirator!)

And I would do it all over again because I know what we are producing is needed, is valuable, and can actually make a difference in people’s lives. 

From growing just one type of fresh mushroom in those early days,
producing only tens of pounds,
to now growing a thousand pounds of multiple varieties of mushrooms and selling top-notch products such as equipment and tinctures;
to say we’ve come a long way is an understatement.
I’m really proud of all we’ve accomplished and the high quality we provide.

But what matters most is where we’re headed; and we invite you along for the ride!

So… 
Subscribe to our blog;
Check us out on Facebook or Instagram;
Try your hand at growing your own shrooms. 
See the difference one of our tinctures could make for you; or
Schedule a visit to the farm. 

However you choose to join us on our fungus journey, we’re glad you’re here. As a token of appreciation, use this special code TFORIGIN20 for 20% off your order – and welcome to the Texas Fungus (TF) family!

Sincerely,
Jordan
Texas Fungus Head Mushroom Farmer, Founder and CEO

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