The first retailer of Yun Zhi that pops up on a Google search where I am, sells a bottle of 500, 400mg capsules for 550$ This works out to 1248$per pound. Now seeing as the extract is about 50% of the mushroom, that means that the unprocessed mushroom would be around 624$ per pound.

I will flatly state that this is ridiculous, and that if you are buying this product, you are being buy mdma taken advantage of. A common mushroom that is easily cultivated because it grows on wood is not worth 600$ a pound. For comparison, Pacific Rim Mushrooms sells dried wild picked morel mushrooms which cannot be commercially cultivated, for 150$ a pound.

What is the moral of my story? Know what you are buying. Mushrooms are mysterious, even more so when they are sold with Chinese names, so find out what the botanical or the English name is with a simple Google search. I did. I wanted to find a less expensive yet reliable source for Yun Zhi for my friend. After a very short search, not for Yun Zhi, but for Turkey Tail extract, I found a website that charges 44.96$ for 120 500mg capsules (340$ per pound). This is much better. Although, if I personally wanted Yun Zhi, I would simply go for a long walk with a basket in hand.

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