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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...
Mushroom Foraging Guide
Going foraging for edible or medicinal mushrooms? Read our guide first! We cover the bases of what to bring, how to pick/how not to pick...
The Wood Wide Web
The internet but, like, organic. While we are familiar with the World Wide Web - the network of information accessible through the internet - the...
The Mushroom Life Cycle
How do mushrooms grow? The mushroom part we can see above ground is actually just the reproductive body of the fungus at large. It produces billions...
Traditional foods of the Canadian Indigenous
What did Indigenous peoples of Canada eat as traditional foods before contact with Europeans and subsequent colonization? And what about the traditional use of fungi...
Black Lives Matter. Resources & Education
A note to our Rainbo community from our founder Tonya Papanikolov as well as Rainbo's commitments, an education resource list complied by our team which will...
What is an adaptogen, really?
Adaptogens are what help the body to adapt to both psychological and environmental stress. Some potent adaptogenic powers lie within medicinal mushrooms, which is one...
Cacao + Mushrooms: Food of the Gods & Flesh of the Gods
With a relationship rooted in ancient history, cacao and mushrooms have a profound connection. The official name of the cacao tree is theobroma cacao, made up of the greek roots theo...
Sugar: The Better Alternative!
Refinement is the process of removing impurities, so let us refine our concept of refined sugar and all of it's cousins. Sugar has a pretty bittersweet...
Santa was a Shaman
The most famous mushroom in pop-culture is a psychedelic mushroom - the iconic toadstool with a red cap and white dots is called Amanita muscaria....
How Do Medicinal Mushrooms Support Immune Function?
Our immune system is essential. It’s our vital line of defence against pathogens and rogue cells, and we need it for survival. With the change...
Medicinal Mushroom Science: Benefits & Superpowers
A scientific review of the medicinal properties of each mushroom in our 11:11 tincture. These powerful and magical organisms have an ancient history of traditional...
Foray with Rainbo
We're excited to announce our first Foray of the season scheduled for October 5, 2019, lead by Tonya Papanikolov and Antonio Cillero Rodrigo from Mushroom Guerrilla and Mycological Society...