Fungarium, much like the other compendiums from the Welcome To The Museum series, is stunningly illustrated and full of well researched, scintallating facts that will prove fascinating and useful in turn. Learn here about how fungus works, how mushroom is technically not a true scientific term, and about how fungus is one of those kingdoms we know so little on that we have discovered roughly only around 5% of what scientists believe to be the true number of fungus species on planet earth. There are samples of fungi from all seven continents, spanning the entire fungal tree of life and representing well over half of known global diversity. UK-grown Organic Cordyceps tincture, cultivated in our purpose built lab and comprehensively extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset. We are the only organic certified & UK-native functional mushroom producer.

Tour the galleries and learn why fungi are more related to animals than plants. Discover how they evolved. Find out about their amazing variety of shapes and colors, some of them alien-like, almost monstrous, and disgustingly smelly, others incredibly beautiful.” On a weekly basis, the diversity of species increases as we receive species new to our collections from researchers and institutions from all over the globe. Key to the success of Kew’s Fungarium are the working relationships with other institutions around the world with whom we exchange specimens to enrich our respective collections.UK-grown organic Reishi tincture, cloned in our lab and extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset.

A digitised collection can be accessed online for free by researchers from anywhere in the world. It helps make research more efficient by sharing our knowledge with as many people as possible. Los líquenes son posiblemente una de las relaciones más exitosas que existen en la naturaleza y se deben a una asociación entre un hongo y un alga o cianobacteria. De esta relación, el hongo, por decirlo de una manera, se hace del poder de la fotosíntesis y se beneficia de los azúcares producidos en esta relación.

approximately 25% were subsequently discarded as common species of minor scientific value or of inadequate

New evidence suggests use in Neolithic China 6,800 years ago and there was a time when Reishi was said to be reserved for the use of emperors alone. UK-native organic Maitake tincture, cloned in our lab and extracted in the tincture kitchen on our mushroom farm in Somerset. 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 Maitake is a prized edible and functional mushroom. According to Japanese legend, the word Maitake comes from ancient times when Buddhist nuns and woodcutters on a mountain trail were so delighted to stumble upon this seldom found and well-revered mushroom, they began dancing around it in celebration. Their fungal loot could be exchanged with the Shogun for its weight in silver! Hence the name Maitake (dancing mushroom) was born.Another benefit is improving access. Our collections and records are highly sought after by researchers, not all of whom will be able to access them in person.