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Sold for an effect
Twenty-five mushrooms people take for something, each one placed by how far the research has actually got: repeated trials in people, a first trial, a trial still running, laboratory work, or tradition alone.
ReishiGanoderma lucidumRepeated trials
CordycepsCordyceps militarisRepeated trials
ShiitakeLentinula edodesRepeated trials
AntrodiaTaiwanofungus camphoratusRepeated trials
Turkey tailTrametes versicolorRepeated trials
Lion's maneHericium erinaceusRepeated trials
Oyster mushroomPleurotus ostreatusRepeated trials
Royal sun agaricAgaricus subrufescensRepeated trialsPoriaWolfiporia extensaRepeated trials
AgarikonFomitopsis officinalisRepeated trialsMesimaPhellinus linteusRepeated trials
MaitakeGrifola frondosaA first trial
Button mushroomAgaricus bisporusA first trial
Zhu lingPolyporus umbellatusA first trial
Cauliflower fungusSparassis crispaA first trial
ChagaInonotus obliquusBeing tested now
TremellaTremella fuciformisBeing tested now
King oysterPleurotus eryngiiBeing tested now
EnokiFlammulina velutipesLaboratory work
Wood earAuricularia auricula-judaeLaboratory work
ShimejiHypsizygus marmoreusLaboratory work
Birch polyporeFomitopsis betulinaLaboratory work
Artist's conkGanoderma applanatumLaboratory work
Chicken of the woodsLaetiporus sulphureusLaboratory work
MorelMorchella esculentaLaboratory work