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Rainbo Forays 2023
Foray Schedule 2023 The purpose of our mushroom forays is for mushroom identification, education, connecting to nature and each other! Foray Dates Sunday October 1, 2023 - sign-up link...
Benefits of Lion's Mane
Four Benefits of Lion’s Mane Mushroom Lion’s Mane is a mushroom with a long history of use in Asian culture. It’s been used in Traditional Chinese medicine,...
Rainbo Forays 2022
We're excited to announce our 2022 Rainbo Foray schedule, lead by the Rainbo team and Antonio Cillero Rodrigo from Mushroom Guerrilla. The purpose of the forays will...
Rainbo is a B Corp!
A note from our Founder Tonya. We're officially the first mushroom company to become a B Corp! Learn about what this means for us and why...
What is a Tincture?
What is a medicinal mushroom tincture? A mushroom tincture is simply an extract of mushrooms dissolved in alcohol. An “extract” may be found in liquid...
Which tincture is best for me?
Confused on how to choose between mushroom tinctures? We hear you! We've been getting this question from many of you. Read on if you're unsure of...
Fruiting Body vs Mycelium
When we talk about 'mushrooms' at large, we are generally referring to the fruiting body structure of the fungus. However the mushroom structure isn't a...
Rainbo Forays 2021
We're excited to announce our 2022 Rainbo Foray schedule, lead by Tonya Papanikolov, Holliday Cartar and Antonio Cillero Rodrigo from Mushroom Guerrilla. The purpose of the forays...
Rainbo is Climate Neutral Certified
Exciting news! We’re officially Climate Neutral Certified! The reality is that even after facing an unprecedented global pandemic (and everything else 2020 threw at us),...
Ethnomycology
What is ethnomycology? Ethnomycology is the combination of ethnography (the study of the customs of individual peoples and cultures) and mycology (the study of fungi)....
The Medicinal Mushroom Lexicon
Navigating the medicinal mushroom world can come with a lot of new jargon. From fungal biology, to herbal medicine terminology to our physiological and molecular responses....
Lion's Mane
Lion's Mane, Hericium erinaceus What is it? Lion’s Mane mushroom is an aptly named big white mushroom with long shaggy-like “hair“ that grows off the sides...
Shrooms vs Mushrooms
Magic mushrooms are considered medicinal and have been used for millennia for their healing powers. However, magic mushrooms do not encompass the entire world of...
Chaga Mushroom
Chaga, Inonotus obliquus What is it? The most popular fungus in Northern European traditional medicine, Chaga is referred to as the King of Mushrooms - although...
Our Climate Neutral Commitment
To celebrate the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, we're excited to announce that Rainbo is going Climate Neutral! This means that we will be measuring, offsetting and...
Women in Mycology
Who were the women in mycology? The scientific study of fungi, has a history largely dominated by male researchers. The pivotal work of women in...
Turkey Tail
If you enjoy long walks in the forest then you know this mushroom. Turkey tail is a polypore mushroom and it's the most common fungi in Canada and throughout...
How to cook with Mushrooms
Learn our tips on how to cook with culinary and medicinal mushrooms. Tip 1: buy organic (if possible). Tip 2: always cook your mushrooms. Tip...
Our Mushrooms
Learn more about our mushrooms! Cultivation, Canadian grown and sourced, real fruiting-body mushroom, potent extractions, full spectrum, third party lab tested to ensure purity and potency. Proudly...
Creating habits with mushrooms
Make your mushroom habit a ritual: delicious mushroom beverage, your favourite mug, shift into a state of gratitude, set an intention, sip in peace and...
Holistic Immune Tips
While many know this time as flu & cold season, it doesn't have to be! Our bodies are designed to adapt to the world we...