Mushrooms have a cross-cultural history of medicinal use spanning many millennia. In Asia, South America, Africa, and throughout Europe, mushrooms have been used medicinally and as food, while others were used in rituals to awaken consciousness. In traditional Chinese medicine, their legendary effects on promoting health and vitality and in fighting tumors have been extensively validated by recent studies.1, 2, 3, 4 These studies suggest that specific mushrooms are strongly i