The team

People behind the product.

A Melbourne crew and a research partner at RMIT. Every batch is grown, dried, extracted and tested by people who actually use it daily.

Jaz Konig
Founder & Head Cultivator

Jaz Konig

Melbourne, Victoria

Jaz founded Xotic Mushrooms out of Melbourne after a decade-long search for functional health solutions that actually worked. What started as a curiosity about fungi turned into a full-time obsession with cultivating the cleanest, most potent Lion's Mane in Australia.

He runs the day-to-day on the farm — substrate prep, climate, harvest, drying — and personally tastes and grades every batch before it leaves the facility.

Dr Tien H
Research Lead

Dr Tien H

RMIT University

Dr Tien H leads our research collaboration with RMIT, focusing on beta-glucan quantification, extraction efficiency and bioavailability of fruiting-body compounds.

Her work guides our extraction protocols and the third-party testing standards we publish for every production batch.

Want to work with us or visit the farm?

We host occasional tours, collaborate with researchers, and ship Australia-wide.

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