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Functional Fungi™ uses a mushroom cultivation process that was developed 20 years ago in Japan. We are one of the early pioneers using solid-state fermentation for mycelium development.

Grown in the US, we use regenerative farming techniques to ensure consistency and continuity from batch to batch. All lots are tested for species identification, safety and purity.

  • Certified Organic
  • Non-GMO
  • BSE/TSE Free
  • Vegan
  • Pesticide Free
  • Melamine Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Non-Irradiated
  • Residual Solvent Free

The Purple Corn Difference

Our superfoods-based growth process features High Antioxidant (anthocyanins) substrates like Purple Corn in the patented Functional Fungi™ process.

This results in greater nutritive value in our mushrooms versus competitive suppliers that grow on inert, non-nutritive substrates like sawdust.

CERTIFICATIONS

Our Intellectual Property

Functional Fungi Is The Exclusive License
Holder To Three Process Patents

  • 01

    High Anthocyanin Growth Substrate

  • 02

    Sprouting, Germination And Frequency Growing Process

  • 03

    Solid-State Fermentation & Cultivation Process, Combined With Nutritive Feeding

Enhanced Mycelium Growth Medium and Method

Publication number:  20180000013
Abstract:  

The invention is a method for enhanced growth of mycelium in culture including the key steps of seed blend choice from among corn, rice, quinoa, chia, canihua, cumin and flax seed, germinating the seed blend prior to inoculating the mycelium starter, and conducting the mushroom cultivation with ORP enhanced water and particular transmissions of sound and particularly colored light. Mushrooms grown by such a method not only mature in 13-15 days rather than 21 days, but have an enhanced nutritional and medicinal profile along with absence of unwanted organism contaminants whose unwanted overgrowth occurs during days 16-21 (or days 16-28) of typical mushroom culture.

Type : Application
Filed : February 17, 2017
Publication date : January 4, 2018
Inventor : Jordan Seth Rubin

Enhanced Mycelium Growth Medium and Method

Publication number:  20200187432
Abstract:  

The invention is a method for enhanced growth of mycelium in culture including the key steps of seed blend choice from among corn, rice, quinoa, chia, canihua, cumin and flax seed, germinating the seed blend prior to inoculating the mycelium starter, and conducting the mushroom cultivation with water and particular transmissions of sound and particularly colored light. Mushrooms grown by such a method not only mature in 13-15 days rather than 21 days, but have an enhanced nutritional and medicinal profile along with absence of unwanted organism contaminants whose unwanted overgrowth occurs during days 16-21 (or days 16-28) of typical mushroom culture.

Type : Application
Filed : February 26, 2020
Publication date : June 18, 2020
Inventor : Jordan Seth Rubin

Nutritionally And Botanically Enhanced Mycelial Mass

Publication number:  20190320596
Abstract:  

The invention is an important innovation in mushroom culture in which not only are mycelia beneficially grown on the novel combination of a grain (or seed) and an herb, in the preferred embodiment of the invention the mycelial mass is grown in a co-fermentation with all of a grain (or seed), an herb and a juice. The resulting mycelial biomass contains dramatically improved medicinal and nutritional constituents compared to mushrooms grown on standard, prior art media.

Type : Application
Filed : February 1, 2019
Publication date : October 24, 2019
Inventor : Andrew Hines Miller, Jordan Seth Rubin

Mushroom Basics

Fruiting Bodies

It is fleshy, contains spores, and grows above ground or directly on the surface of its host, like a tree or old log.

The mushroom's fruiting body comprises a stem, cap, and gills, which are what the general populace would eat in a culinary dish, but in nature, it acts primarily as the reproductive component of a fungal system, dispersing spores and inoculating hosts.

Not all mushrooms have a fruiting body.

Mycelium

Mycelium is the main body and feeding membrane of a mushroom. It grows underground or within the host plant.

While it might not look like much, the mycelium acts much like a complex network that can communicate with and adapt to its surrounding environment. Think of it like the roots of the mushrooms.

The mycelium is responsible for taking in nutrients by breaking down decaying matter using various enzymes. These nutrients are absorbed and transferred through hyphae to feed and support not just the fungus itself but whole ecosystems.

Mushroom Growing

  • Dual Path Initial Phases
  • Culture & Substrate
    Post-Innoculation Phases
  • Final Phase
Culture
Mycelium Species
Incubation & Germination
6 weeks
Liquid Culture
Propogation
2 weeks
Combined
Superfood
Substrate
Sprouted in Energized Alkaline
Redox Optimized Water
4 weeks
Substrate Activation by
Heat & Pressure
2 weeks
Rapid Cooling For
Optimal Innoculation
< 1 week
Mycelial Multiplication
Creates “Mother Culture”
1 weeks
“Mother Culture” Spawns Mycelial
Biomass with Full Maturation
3-4 weeks
Organic Mushroom Biomass
Harvesting
2 weeks
Proprietary ByoDry™ Process -
Optimal Temp. & Airflow
Preserves Fragile Biomass
2 weeks
Micro-milling of Biomass Into
Organic, Patented Mushroom
Nutraceutical Powder
3 weeks
Total Time: 90 – 120 Day Process
Mushroom Nutraceutical Powders
Lab Tested, Verified & QC Release
2 weeks
Ship To Customer
1 weeks
Quality Control Testing Includes:
  • Microbiological
  • Identity of each Species & Strain using DNA testing
  • Heavy Metals
  • Physical Characteristics

Functional Fungi
Processing Advantages

  • Preserves a larger amount of naturally occurring polysaccharides
  • Captures other nutrients from high antioxidant Superfood substrates (purple corn)
  • Dual nutritional benefits come from both mushrooms and substrate
  • “Mother Culture” biomass multiplication and maturation of mycelium, primordia, fruit bodies and spores, species dependent
  • Gentle drying process preserves AND retains more of the fragile bioactive constituents within the mushrooms
  • Optimal temperatures and airflow used that prevents polysaccharide “burning” which can occur when over-drying or high drying temperatures are used
  • Process simulates a natural process found in nature
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