Australian-grown Lion's Mane, extracted three ways to capture hericenones and hericene A, the compounds researched for focus and long-term brain health.

MYCOfactor Lion's Mane Supercritical™ Full-Spectrum Extract is a liquid extract made from 100% Australian-grown Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) fruiting body. We grow every mushroom ourselves at Urban Valley, our farm in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, then extract it with our Supercritical™ Triple-Phase process, an Australian first. In independent LC-MS/MS testing at the Queensland Brain Institute, MYCOfactor's Lion's Mane extract measured more than 10 times more hericene A than the next closest product tested.

Key facts

• Mushroom: Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus), fruiting body only
• Grown: Urban Valley, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. Grown, harvested and extracted by the same team
• Extraction: Supercritical™ Triple-Phase (supercritical CO2, ethanol and hot water)
• Key compounds: hericenones, hericene A, beta-glucans
• Suggested serve: 1ml per day
• Sizes: 30ml (30 serves, 30 days) or 100ml (100 serves, 100 days)
• How to take: shake, then add to coffee, tea or water, or drop straight onto the tongue
• Independent testing: hericene A measured by LC-MS/MS at the Queensland Brain Institute
• Organic: National Standard organic certification with Southern Cross Organic in progress
• No rice, no imports, not diluted

How Supercritical™ Triple-Phase extraction works

We add gas and pressure to traditional methods to pull more from every mushroom. Standard dual extracts use alcohol and water only, which leaves many fat-soluble compounds behind. Our process runs three separate extractions on the same fruiting body:

• Phase 1, supercritical CO2: captures fat-soluble compounds such as hericenones and hericene A
• Phase 2, ethanol: captures alcohol-soluble compounds
• Phase 3, hot water: captures water-soluble polysaccharides, including beta-glucans

The three phases are combined into one full-spectrum liquid, so a single suggested 1ml serve carries compounds from all three.

Why does that matter? Hericene A is a compound in Lion's Mane that's been studied in lab research for its role in how the brain grows and maintains neurons, our brain cells. The catch is that it's fatty. Like oil in water, it barely dissolves in the water or alcohol most extracts use, so it gets left behind. It is also locked away inside the mushroom. Every mushroom cell is wrapped in a tough wall made of chitin, the same hard fibre found in crab and prawn shells, and our bodies can barely break it down. That is why we extract mushrooms in the first place.

Under our NEW high-pressure method, CO2 gas becomes more like a liquid, and those tough walls are opened up. The liquid CO2 then acts as a solvent, just like water or alcohol, and grabs onto the hardest-to-get compounds inside. In our closed-loop system, the pressure is then released, the CO2 turns back into a gas, and what is left behind is a super-concentrated extract. We combine it with our alcohol and water extracts, so each suggested serve carries the lot.

Independently tested at the Queensland Brain Institute

The Meunier Laboratory at the Queensland Brain Institute (The University of Queensland) used LC-MS/MS to measure hericene A across commercial Lion's Mane products sold in Australia. Results spanned a roughly 4,700-fold range between the lowest and highest liquid samples. Every Australian-grown product outperformed every imported product, and MYCOfactor's Lion's Mane extract measured more than 10 times higher than the next closest product.

The compounds in every serve

• Hericene A: studied by the Meunier Laboratory at QBI, where preclinical research found it promoted neuron growth and supported memory
• Hericenones: studied for their role in stimulating nerve growth factor (NGF) production in cell research
• Beta-glucans: polysaccharides studied for immune and gut support

Frequently asked questions

How is MYCOfactor Lion's Mane different from other Lion's Mane extracts?
It is grown in Australia by the same team that extracts it, made from fruiting body only, and extracted in three phases rather than two. In independent QBI testing it measured more than 10 times more hericene A than the next closest product.

Why does the extraction method matter?
Many of Lion's Mane's most researched compounds, including hericene A, are fatty and barely dissolve in water or alcohol, the two solvents most extracts use. They are also locked inside tough cell walls made of chitin, the same fibre found in crab and prawn shells. Under our NEW high-pressure method, liquid CO2 opens up those walls and grabs the fatty compounds, so they end up in your bottle instead of being left behind.

Where is it grown?
It is grown at Urban Valley, our indoor mushroom farm in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Nothing is imported.

How much should I take?
We suggest 1ml a day, and most people add it to their morning coffee or tea. Taking it daily and consistently matters more than timing, and you are welcome to adjust the amount to suit your body.

Can I take it with other MYCOfactor extracts?
Yes, you can. Many customers pair Lion's Mane in the morning with Reishi at night, which are available together as the Essential Daily Duo.

Please note: Check with your health professional before consuming if you are taking blood-thinning or immune-modulating medication, or if you have any specific health concerns.