Reishi mushroom powder is also called reishi spore powder, it is a seed released from the last stage of ganoderma lucidum growth. It is biologically called basidiospore, which appears like powder after being collected. Another name is ganoderma lucidum spore powder.
It is very difficult to collect spore powder in natural environment. 1 kg reishi spore powder can be collected from 100 kg ganoderma lucidum. The diameter of a spore is only 5-8 μm.
Reishi mushroom powder contains more polysaccharides, peptides, adenosine, proteins, enzymes, triterpenoids, organic germanium and trace elements than ganoderma lucidum body(including the cap and stem). For example, The polysaccharides content of ganoderma lucidum body is about 1.38%, while the polysaccharides of reishi spore powder can reach 1.81% -2.18%.(click here to learn more about reishi spore powder nutrients)
Reishi spores are the male and female gametes of ganoderma lucidum, and also the seeds of ganoderma lucidum, which is the essence of ganoderma lucidum. Reishi spores contain various active ingredients such as choline, tetracosane, triacontane, and β-gululin in addition to triterpenoids and polysaccharides.
In addition, reishi spores are also rich in amino acids, fatty acids(click here to learn more about reishi spore oil), vitamins, trace elements and other ingredients. reishi spores are completely non-toxic to humans and are a safe and reliable health food.
However, reishi mushroom powder is hard to be digested if you take it directly, because ganoderma spores have two layers of hard shells outside, which are called “chitin cellulose” (crab and shrimp shells contain the same material).
Chitin cellulose is difficult to be digested by human stomach acid, all of the active ingredients, such as polysaccharides and triterpenes, are all covered by this shell. If you take Ganoderma spore powder directly, the active ingredients are difficult to digested and absorbed.
This is why we recomend you to use broken reishi spore powder.
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