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Lion's Mane, other known names:

Bearded tooth, Monkey's head, Bear's head, Yamabushiitake (Japanese), and Hou Tou Gu (Chinese)

Vocabulary words:

*Beta-glucans-provides an immune boost (occurs in most if not all mushroom species.

*Polymer-A chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units.

*Mycelium-the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host). Also: a similar mass of filaments formed by some bacteria (such as streptomyces).

*Pom- short for "pome fruit", which refers to a specific type of fruit that develops from an inferior ovary (below the rest of the flower) and has a fleshy exocarp (outer layer).

-Pome fruits are typically characterized by a central core containing seeds, surrounded by a thick, edible flesh.

Sources:

*Oracle of Shadows & Light by Lucy Cavendish/ Artwork by Jasmine Becket-Griffith

*Christopher Hobb's Medicinal Mushrooms The Essential Guide pgs. 31, 97-101, and 263

*The Lost Remedies Academy Guide by Nicole Apelian, Ph.D., Lost Skills Academy Back to Our Roots,

pg. 132

*Merriam-Webster Dictionary