Mushroom Supplements: Capsules, Gummies, Tinctures and Powders

Most people arrive with one species in mind and no clue which format to buy it in. Start with the species, then pick the format that fits your day. Everything on this page lives in the Zamnesia Healthshop, and every pack carries its own label telling you the amount per daily serving and when to take it. Read that label before anything we write here.

Every Species, Latin Names and All

These are the mushrooms our catalogue actually names:

• Hericium erinaceus (lion's mane)
• Ganoderma lucidum (reishi)
• Cordyceps sinensis
• Inonotus obliquus (chaga)
• Agaricus blazei, Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus campestris
• Grifola frondosa (maitake)
• Lentinula edodes (shiitake)
• Fomes fomentarius and Auricularia judae

You can buy them one at a time or blended. Lion's Mane Mushroom Capsules (Zamnesia) hold a 400 mg Hericium erinaceus 8:1 extract and nothing else, so a single-species pack is the simplest way in.

All-round blends

A blend stacks several extracts into one capsule, one pipette or one spoonful, so a single pack covers more of the list above. MycoFive Mushroom Capsules (Zamnesia) combine several extracts in one capsule, each standardised to 30% polysaccharides, with vitamin C and vitamin B12 in the ingredients list. Power 5 Mushroom Capsules (Foodsporen) run that same species set in a single bottle. Powders such as the 7 Mushrooms Organic Mix widen the species list again per spoon.

The mushrooms you will find here

Both of those blends use the same core set: lion's mane, Cordyceps sinensis, reishi, Agaricus blazei and chaga. Learn those names and most of this shelf reads itself, because they reappear across capsules, tinctures and sprays. Mushinto and Mindscopic list extracts and powders drawn from the same species set. The remaining names in the list turn up mainly inside the wider powder mixes.

Capsule, Gummy, Tincture, Powder or Spray

Capsules taste of nothing, which is the whole point. Gummies are the opposite: the Zamnesia Lion's Mane Gummies are chewy, raspberry-flavoured and sugar-free at under 0.015 g sugars each, and a pair of them carries the same 400 mg of 10:1 extract as one capsule. Watch out for the Mushroom Gummies Forest Berries, though. Those are made with glucose syrup and sugar, so if you're keeping sugar down, the Lion's Mane Gummies are the version you want. Both gummy packs cap you at the daily amount printed on the label, and because they taste like sweets they're the easiest thing here to lose track of.

Tinctures are drops from a pipette, so you control the amount by eye rather than by piece. The Power 5 Mushroom Tincture (Foodsporen) carries the same species set as the capsules plus vitamin D3 and B6. Powders go into food, coffee or a smoothie, whatever you were making anyway. Foodsporen also does oral sprays, StressLess, Clarity and Focus, and SleepDeep, which are product names, nothing more.

Fruiting Body, Mycelium and Why HPMC Is on the Label

Two words worth knowing before you compare packs. The fruiting body is the mushroom you'd recognise if you tripped over it in a wood. The mycelium is the thread-like network it grows from, usually cultivated on grain. Labels here state which part the extract came from, so check that line if it matters to you.

HPMC is the plant-based capsule shell, which is what makes the Zamnesia lion's mane capsules and MycoFive vegan. The gummies use pectin instead of gelatine for the same reason. Extract ratios (8:1, 10:1, 15:1) and figures like 30% polysaccharides describe how concentrated the extract is, and for reishi you'll also see triterpenes named in the composition. Compare those figures between packs rather than reading them in isolation.

Zamnesia Mushroom Supplements Next to Foodsporen, Mushinto and Mindscopic

Our own range is the straightforward end: single-species lion's mane, the MycoFive blend, and the gummy packs. Foodsporen leans into glass and drops, and the Power 5 bottle is heavier than you expect because it's MIRON violet glass, which blocks UV light reaching the capsules. Mushinto and Mindscopic fill in extracts and powders across the same species list. If you want one species done plainly, take ours. If you want a multi-species blend and a pipette, take the Foodsporen tincture.

One Thing That Isn't a Supplement

The fufufungu liquid culture syringes are a cultivation input. You inoculate substrate with them to grow mushrooms, you don't take them.