In Daoist tradition, Reishi was believed to grow in the homes of immortals who lived hidden in the misty mountains. Ancient stories speak of wandering sages and alchemists searching remote cliffsides for this fabled fungus.
In Japan, lion’s Mane are calledYamabushitake,so named after the Yamabushi monks who wore dazzling white robes with flowing tassels that resembled the growing mushroom in its state of flowing icicles.
All three of these organisms are steeped in folklore, myth and traditional medicinal uses. From the Daoists of china’s reverence of Reishi as an ‘immortality elixir’, to the Hawthorn tree’s deep association with Fairies.