Maitake Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Maitake (Grifola frondosa), the hen of the woods, is a wood-decaying polypore fungus of the Meripilaceae family, found at the base of oaks and other hardwoods in the temperate forests of Japan, China, Europe and eastern North America and now grown on sawdust. It forms a large, dense cluster, often 30-60 cm across and sometimes over 20 kg, of many overlapping, fan-shaped, grey-brown caps on branching white stalks, looking like a ruffled hen. The flesh is white and firm with a woodsy, peppery taste. We extract the dried whole fruiting body.