Hericium erinaceus

Lion's Mane

Field-tested cultivation protocols for the species the Phoenix farm ran more of than anything else.

Why this species

The species we ran continuously from the day the lab opened.

Lion's Mane rewards careful work: clean substrate, consistent humidity, the right fresh-air exchange, and a patient harvest window. Done well, it produces the dense cascading fruits the genus is named for.

The farm's tincture was dual-extracted from fruiting bodies, never myceliated grain. The SOP documents the same working protocols we ran in our fruiting rooms.

Written down

The Mushroom Grower. The full cultivation system the species protocols sit inside.
175-page Commercial Cultivation SOP. ISBN-assigned, every parameter we ran.

From lab to bottle

Four steps. No shortcuts.

01 · Lab
Sterile work, every time
Agar transfers under a HEPA hood. Cultures isolated from single tissue, screened across grain runs.
02 · Fruiting
Patient pinning
Lion's Mane rewards slow fresh-air exchange and steady 85–90% RH. Pin sets are counted, not rushed.
03 · Harvest
Cut at the right moment
Harvested when spines are full length but still firm. Past that, the cascade gets bitter and the yield falls.
04 · Extract
Dual-extract from fruiting body only
Water + alcohol, fruiting body only. Never myceliated grain. What ended up in the bottle was what came out of the room.