The International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference 13 convened from September 22-25 in the charming historic castle town of Bragança, Portugal in the biodiverse Trás-os-Montes region. An international delegation of some of the world’s top mushroom researchers and industry representatives convened to share the latest findings in the field, collectively engage with challenges and opportunities facing the industry, and envision a collaborative and prosperous future for the sector

Article produced in partnership with Applied Food Sciences, a leading functional ingredient manufacturer. Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) has become one of the leading ingredients in cognitive health, yet independent human trials show its effects are inconsistent, a gap rooted in how little the species name on a label reveals about a product's actual composition. Applied Food Sciences has published a validated UHPLC-UV method that measures the mushroom's key marker compounds

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