The Bristol Fungarium

23/10/2025

When our team our flagging, or our customers reach out with symptoms of exhaustion and deflation, we recommend our Burn Out Bundle. 🫶🏼

Each tincture has been chosen for its synergistic support during times of burnout and emotional fatigue:

🍄 Chaga for immunity -
Chaga stimulates white blood cells, which are essential for fighting off harmful bacteria or viruses. As a result, Chaga can help fight infections — from minor colds to serious illnesses.

🍄 Reishi for Nervous System support -
As a superior adaptogen, Reishi may also be able to modify our response to stress - helping to calm the mind, relieve anxiety, and promote sleep.

🍄 Lion’s Mane for cognitive help -
Compounds within Lion’s Mane fruiting body stimulate Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) synthesis to support brain health and studies show it can enhance memory, focus, and cognitive speed

🍄 Cordyceps for energy -
Cordyceps may help increase the body’s production of the molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is essential for delivering energy to the muscles.

Head to link in bio to buy yourself (or a pal in need) a burnout bundle to tide them over this winter ➡️

21/10/2025

But when it all boils down to it...

We weren’t designed for “grind culture”, doomscrolling at midnight, 5AM clubs, caffeine overdoses, self-help overload and mass media messages thrown in our faces 24/7.

Our ancestors were berry-picking nomads, with no more possessions than they could carry.

We can’t avoid the beast that is society but we can be kind to ourselves (and each other!).

But most of all - rest when you can, reach out when you need to, and remember that nature is the greatest listener of all. 🍄

15/10/2025

Have you got some local superstitious lore?

Share it with us below 👻

05/10/2025

The relationship between fae-folk and fungi is uncanny 🧚🏼

There’s something undeniably otherworldly about mushrooms ~ their sudden appearance overnight, their strange shapes and colors, and their ability to thrive in the shadowy, often hidden places.

Still so much of their existence we cannot really explain, and somewhat due to this they create an air of the unknown... enchanting, alluring, and occasionally dangerous.

This shared blend of magic, mystery, and potential threat is why fungi have become such fitting symbols for the fairy world. 🍄

Have you ever stepped inside a fairy ring?

30/09/2025

And if you’re looking for functional fungi to help your four-legged friend... 🥁

We’d recommend our Turkey Tail for pets.

Triple-extracted, grown & wild-harvested in and around our Somerset fungi farm - crafted with the same care we use for all of our tinctures.

Formulated to support gut health, restore balance, and build natural defence - with just three simple, natural ingredients.

You’ll find the links to the turkey tail tincture and our latest blog post via our link-in-bio 🫶🏼

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PS!

Every month we write a new blog post to inform, inspire and delight. 🤗

We’ve covered a plethora of subjects from the science of a comedown, to Cordyceps and the adrenals, Lion’s mane and the gut brain axis - and now - Zoopharmacognosy.

Feel free to have a peruse, we’d love to hear what stands out for you 📚

26/09/2025

Introducing... Fungarium Friends 🐾

Over the years, lots of our customers have used the tinctures to support their companions’ wellbeing, so we decided to make it official.

Our Turkey Tail for mammals of all sizes is triple-extracted, UK-grown & wild-harvested in the woodlands surrounding our Somerset farm - crafted with the same strength and care we use for all of our tinctures.

Formulated to support gut health, balance, and natural defence, with just three simple, natural ingredients.

Here’s what our customer Lucy had to say about her dog Snoopy:

Snoopy, my cocker was diagnosed with lymphoma aged 2. He’s been through two sets of chemotherapy and is now in his second remission. He was dosed with Turkey Tail throughout both sets of chemo, which I’d add to his food in the morning. The oncologist is rather impressed with how well he’s doing considering it’s stage 5 and has been very poorly a number of times. I’m pretty confident it’s helping!

If you have any questions about our pet range; drop us a DM we’d be delighted to help. 🍄♥️

If you’d like to purchase a bottle of Turkey Tail tincture for your four-legged friend you can do so by heading to the link in our bio!

P.S. may we also introduce the newest addition of the Fungarium family - Cybele, or Cybbie (expect to see her featured in many more posts!).

22/09/2025

13/09/2025

By now, you have probably heard the news about the FSA classifying Turkey Tail as a “Novel Food”.

(If you haven’t keep scrolling down our feed to find out more).

In light of the classification of Turkey Tail as a “Novel Food”, we are taking it upon ourselves to spread as much information and positivity about this magnanimous mushroom as possible! 🦃🍄

Starting with a huge topic, and one that is quite hard to approach in the often superficial context of social media. But, it’s important that we do, because it affects every one of us - either directly or indirectly - at some stage in our lives.

Cancer can be devastating, and many of us know and love someone whose life has been changed by it.

However, there is hope. The Guardian reports that survival rates have doubled in the UK over the past 50 years thanks to advances in research, treatments, and supportive therapies.

We’re relieved and grateful to see that modern medicine is finding a way to utilise mushrooms whose compounds have been studied for their role in supporting immunity and enhancing treatment outcomes for decades.

We’re firm believers that modern medicine and natural ways of healing can (and should!) co-exist. 🫶🏼

We’d love to hear from you.

Have you heard of PSP & PSK as adjuvent medicines? Let us know below 👇🏼

And to learn more about Turkey Tail, visit our new blog post ➡️ over in our bio.

12/09/2025

Our very own myco-wizard Joey (aka ) is hosting a talk on selective breeding and hybridisation at this weekend 🥳

He’ll be sharing the results of our Lion’s mane breeding project and generally bestowing upon the class his genuine passion for the magical world of mushrooms, over at the Hyphae Hub, 12:20-13:20 on Sunday! Don’t miss out. It’s sure to be a belter 🍄♥️

Fourteen years ago, a mushroom grow kit catalysed a complete shift in the direction of Joeys life. Following over a decade of independent cultivation and experimentation, Joey found professional footing in the lab at the rapidly expanding Bristol Fungarium.

Joey’s current role encompasses day-to-day production, as well as the maintenance and expansion of Bristol Fungarium’s native fungal genetic library. Developing a strong affinity for the structured, methodical workflow inherent to sterile technique and cultivation.

Now, a year and a half - and three generations - into a selective breeding program focused on Hericium erinaceus, they are eager to share the methodologies, outcomes, and ongoing developments of this work. From strain isolation and phenotypic assessment to performance trials and genetic stabilization, this project continues to fuel both their curiosity and passion for fungal biotechnology.

08/07/2025

Midsummer Roundup 🌞

1. A very lovely day at the farm with .hughes and his messaging tree 🌳
2. Long overdue Brand Therapy with the whole core team
3. Father & Son in the polytunnel on Dad’s Day
4. Offering our native Turkey Tail back to the land after 🔥
5. Elle meets the wonderful at 🫜
6. Tom & Henry get a visit from the OG mushroom experts 🍄
7. Aglias io, a Peacock butterfly who didn’t want to leave 🦋
8. Introducing Payam, our friendly Analytical Chemist 🧬
9. A birthday lunch 🎂
10. Elsie & Roseana, two fairies under a mushroom parasol on Sports Day 🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♂️
11. Tom sharing mycelial wisdom at Well Read Festival 📚
12. Mushroom getaway vehicle
13. Our majestic equestrian neighbours 🐎

27/02/2025

Menopause 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Mushrooms

As with many processes relating to female health, the topic of menopause was taboo for a long time - and rarely discussed - despite directly affecting half of the global population. 🌍

Ancient knowledge has paved the way for mycotherapy as an increasingly popular means of support during the perimenopausal years - however, clinical research into both functional fungi and female healthcare is still thin on the ground.

It’s important to remember that much medicinal mushroom knowledge has come from TCM and Asian cultures with long histories of consuming culinary and functional mushrooms. Interestingly, in general, Asian women are known to have much milder experiences of the transition compared to average Western females who (among various other factors) don’t traditionally eat a variety of mushrooms in their diet.

Our latest blog delves into the science behind some of the mushrooms that may be able to help, and sheds some light on how and why they work. 🌝

Are you using mushrooms to ease the symptoms of menopause? We’d love to hear from you ♥️

14/02/2025

Whether you’re gearing up for a pyjama date on the sofa, a dinner tête-à-tête or a night on the tiles… add a little extra spice and all things nice with these medicinal mushroom and Sentia infused mocktails.🍹

These tantalising tipples are sure to get you in the mood for dancing / romancing / giving it all, etc.

Cordyceps On The Beach is an invigorating blend of Sentia Black - designed for engaging interactions and party starters - with freshly squeezed OJ, cranberry, rosemary and Cordyceps to keep the good times rolling, all night long 💫.

Reishi Royale is a restorative fusion of Sentia Red - designed for relaxation and intimate moments - with ginkgo and ginseng (or a syrup of your choice), an alcohol-free fizz, and the great big hug for your nervous system that is Reishi to help everybody unwind 🌹.

Mixologist medicine man shows us how it’s done…

Which one are you making first? 🥂✨