As functional mushrooms like Lion's Mane become more popular, companies like North Spore are capitalizing on the trend.

It involved cutting trees (usually shii) and placing logs in locations where mushrooms were already growing or their spores were present. Today, cultivating shiitake no longer requires the use of ...

Japan is one of the leading producers of shiitake mushrooms. These mushrooms are notoriously difficult to cultivate on a commercial scale — especially when using the 1,000-year-old Japanese ...