Lion’s Mane Capsules, 1000 mg, 60 ct

Description

One thousand milligrams of fruiting body extract per capsule, sixty capsules in a pullulan shell. There is no cannabidiol in these Lions Mane capsules and no mycelium on grain, which are the two things worth knowing before buying anything in this category and the two things most labels manage to avoid saying clearly.

What is in a bottle of lions mane capsules

The species, the part of the organism, the extract ratio and the shell material. Those four details are what separate an extract from an expensive bag of grain.

• Lions Mane capsules: 1000 mg of fruiting body extract per capsule
• Count: 60 capsules. Bottle total: 60,000 mg of extract
• Material: fruiting body, not mycelium grown on grain
• Shell: pullulan, which is a fermented starch and vegan
• Cannabinoids: none, there is no CBD in this product
• Price: $29 a bottle, with the per serving figure on the listing

Fruiting body against mycelium on grain in lions mane capsules

This is the first thing to check and the detail most often fudged. The fruiting body is the mushroom itself. Mycelium on grain is the root structure grown out on rice or oats and sold with the substrate still in it, which inflates the weight and dilutes the active fraction, sometimes until most of what you are buying is starch. These Lions Mane capsules state fruiting body, and every listing in the mushroom range says which one it is because the two are not interchangeable at any price.

Why the extract ratio decides what 1000 mg means

A 10:1 extract means ten kilos of raw material went into one kilo of powder, so 1000 mg of a 10:1 is not comparable with 1000 mg of whole ground mushroom. Hot water extraction pulls the beta-glucans. Alcohol extraction pulls the triterpenes. Dual extraction does both, and the method is named on the page. Without a ratio, a milligram figure on Lions Mane capsules tells you very little, which is why the ratio is printed alongside it.

Beta-glucan percentage, and the weaker number that replaces it

Beta-glucan content is the figure worth reading, usually quoted as a percentage of the extract, and it is published where the supplier tests for it. Polysaccharide percentage is the substitute, and it is weaker because it counts starch from the substrate as well, so a mycelium on grain product can post an impressive polysaccharide figure on the strength of the rice it grew in. Products publishing only that number are flagged as such. What a blend total is legally allowed to leave out is in this note.

Testing

Every lot of these Lions Mane capsules is tested by an outside laboratory for identity, heavy metals and microbials, and the results are published. Identity testing matters because species substitution is a documented problem in this trade and a powder cannot be identified by eye. Heavy metals matter because fungi concentrate what is in their substrate. Lots failing either are withdrawn and the certificates stay on the results page. These are food grade extracts sold by weight, nothing here is a controlled substance, and none of it contains psilocybin.

What the published research measured

Human trials of lion’s mane have typically used around 1,000 mg to 3,000 mg a day of extract over weeks, with small sample sizes and self reported or cognitive task outcomes, and the preparations differ enough between studies to make the results hard to pool. Most of the mechanistic work is in cell culture or animal models. Those are descriptions of what published studies administered and for how long rather than claims about this bottle, and plain summaries of what has and has not been established are kept at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Keep the bottle sealed and dry; extract powders take up moisture. The certificate for the current lot is linked here.