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Grow
Lion’s Mane grown on Tasmanian oak hardwood sawdust and Australian soya husk (Master’s Mix) in our Victorian growing rooms.
Our farm & founder
Where your Lion’s Mane comes from.
We grow Lion’s Mane in controlled rooms at our farm in Thomastown, Melbourne, on Tasmanian oak hardwood sawdust and Australian soya husk. The fruiting bodies are harvested by hand, freeze-dried and extracted, then packed as powder or capsules.
- Farm
- Thomastown, Melbourne, Victoria
- Growing mix
- Tasmanian oak sawdust & Australian soya husk
- Part used
- Fruiting bodies, harvested by hand
- Extract
- Hot water + ethanol, 10:1
- Testing
- Dated COAs & reports
Meet the people behind your pouch
Jaz Konig, founder & head cultivator.
Xotic Mushrooms is led by founder and head cultivator Jaz Konig. What started as a curiosity about fungi became a full-time focus on carefully grown Lion’s Mane in Australia.
Jaz runs the day-to-day on the farm: substrate preparation, climate, harvest and drying. Our controlled growing rooms give us a hands-on view of each stage, and we share our farm, process and testing record so you can look beyond the front of the pack.
Behind the grow block
It starts with the growing mix.
Tasmanian oak hardwood sawdust and Australian soya husk: our Master’s Mix provides the growing substrate for our Lion’s Mane.
The substrate is prepared and moistened, then mixed before the mushrooms develop their fruiting bodies. We harvest those fruiting bodies for processing into extract. No grain is added to the extract.
Grow → Harvest → Freeze-dry → Extract → Test → Pack
From farm to powder and capsules.
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Harvest
Fruiting bodies are selected and harvested by hand at the farm. Only the fruiting bodies are used.
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Freeze-dry & mill
Harvested mushrooms are freeze-dried at −82 °C, then milled. Milling makes a powder; extraction is a separate step.
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Extract
Hot water and ethanol are used in our dual extraction process to produce a 10:1 extract. About 4 kg of fresh Lion’s Mane goes into every 100 g of extract powder.
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COA testing
Laboratory analysis records beta-glucans and trace elements in submitted extract samples, including the May 2026 Symbio COA (32.2% beta-glucans in a tested blend with 1% BioPerine). Read the testing record
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Pack
The finished extract is packed as powder for a measured 1 g serving, or filled into 300 mg plant-based capsules.
A useful distinction
Reading the process.
What does 10:1 tell you?
It describes the ratio of starting mushroom material to finished extract. It does not mean ten times the benefit, and it is separate from a beta-glucan result in a laboratory sample.
Fruiting body. Then extract.
We use the mushroom’s fruiting body to make our 10:1 extract. There is no added grain, starch or mycelium.
Powder or capsules.
Measure 1 g of powder into a drink or food, or take two 300 mg capsules (600 mg) with water.
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Research & development
Working with RMIT University.
We work with researchers at RMIT University’s School of Science, led by Dr Tien Huynh, to understand our Lion’s Mane in greater detail. Our farm and testing pages document the work completed and the research still underway.
- Scanning electron microscopy of our powder
- MALDI compound profiling, February 2024
- E. coli and coliform screening, April 2025
- Hericenone reference standards: in progress
Read the original documents
The reports behind the detail.
Symbio Certificate of Analysis
32.2% beta-glucans in the submitted fruiting-body freeze-dried extract powder blend with 1% BioPerine. Includes results for nine trace elements.
Open the Symbio COA ↗National Measurement Institute
Protein, amino acid and vitamin D2 analysis of a submitted freeze-dried mushroom powder sample. This report covers whole mushroom powder, not the extract.
See the testing record →Published Lion’s Mane study
Researchers freeze-dried and milled Lion’s Mane supplied by our Melbourne farm, then studied its composition and use in oat-based desserts. Gunathilake et al., Foods 14, 4153. Not a clinical trial of our products.
Open the published study ↗Laboratory results apply to the named samples and dates. These documents do not certify every batch or establish health outcomes.
Inside the process
See the stages behind the powder.
From the grow room to drying equipment and milling, these photographs bring our production process into view.
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A local farm. A visible process.
Choose powder or capsules for your routine, or talk to us about white or private label. Call 0414 056 694.