Mushroom Extract Benefits
What are the benefits of mushroom extracts? Mushroom extracts like our tinctures offer a wide variety of benefits, many of which overlap among the different fungi we use. All of our tinctures support the immune system and the digestive system, and can help with your body’s stress management*. Each mushroom is unique and accomplishes these functions in different ways. For example, some tinctures are great for restful sleep and relaxation, especially our Reishi Mushroom Extract and Artist Conk Mushroom Extract. Other products like our Maitake Mushroom Extract and Turkey Tail Mushroom Extract help boost your immune system*. Cordyceps Mushroom Extract is great for physical energy and stamina*. Because each mushroom works in its own unique way, using multiple mushroom tinctures together can provide compound benefits beyond just taking one on its own. For example, Chaga Mushroom Extract and Lion’s Mane Mushroom Extract are known to work very well together by providing different but complementary benefits to your body. If you’re looking to figure out what’s the best mushroom tincture for you, give them each a try with our Mushroom Extract Bundle. Read through some of our blogs or shop by which benefits you’re looking for. And if you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to give us a call!
Why Alcohol?
Alcohol is one of the most important ingredients for a liquid mushroom extract. This is because certain valuable compounds like triterpenes aren’t soluble in water but are more readily soluble in alcohol. Any mushroom extract that doesn’t include alcohol is simply not as potent as liquid extracts that do use alcohol. We use alcohol at Birch Boys because we believe it’s the best natural way to extract mushrooms to maximize their health benefits.
Frequently asked questions
417mg of dry mushroom equivalent per 4ml serving.
Store in a cool, dark place out of direct sunlight. They’re shelf stable indefinitely, but we date them for use within 3 years for best freshness.
Our mushroom tinctures are dated 3 years from production for maximum freshness, but tinctures are shelf stable indefinitely. Check the lot sticker on the bottom of the bottle for the expiration date.
Most tinctures contain alcohol, but some herbal tinctures are formulated without alcohol. But if you're avoiding alcohol, you'll want a high quality extract powder to reap the benefits of mushrooms instead.
Mushroom tinctures are liquid extractions of fungi, involving an alcohol extraction.
Check out how we make our tinctures, or take the plunge and DIY a tincture of your own.
How To Use Mushroom Tinctures
Birch Boys functional mushroom tinctures are full-strength extracts meant for daily use. The typical mushroom tincture dosage is 1–4 mL per day—about 1 to 4 squeezes of the dropper. You can take liquid mushrooms mixed into coffee, tea, water, smoothies, or directly under the tongue.
If you’re not sure how to take a mushroom tincture or how to use mushroom tinctures in a daily routine, start small and adjust based on your response. Our tinctures are potently crafted with the double extracted equivalent of 417mg of mushrooms per serving.
For everything else—when to take mushroom tinctures, how to stack mushroom extracts, what to expect from mushroom drops—our Mushroom Tincture Guide covers it all. It’s the most detailed resource on the site, and we keep it updated as new research comes out.

