What are functional and medicinal mushrooms—and why they matter Across traditional medicine and modern research, a group of fungi known as functional mushrooms have attracted attention for their wide-ranging physiological effects. Species like Lions Mane, Reishi, turkeytail, maitake, shiitake, chaga, and cordyceps contain complex compounds—polysaccharides (notably beta-glucans), terpenoids, phenolics, andContinue Reading