Turkey Tail Supercritical™ Full-Spectrum Extract

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Australian-grown Turkey Tail, extracted three ways to capture the polysaccharopeptides and beta-glucans researched for gut health and a balanced immune response.

MYCOfactor Turkey Tail Supercritical™ Full-Spectrum Extract is a liquid extract made from 100% Australian-grown Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) fruiting body. We grow it ourselves at Bentley Farm, our semi-wild farm in Bannockburn, Victoria, in outdoor polytunnels, because Turkey Tail grows slowly and prefers different conditions to our Brisbane farm. We then extract it with our Supercritical™ Triple-Phase process, an Australian first.

Key facts

• Mushroom: Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), fruiting body only
• Grown: Bentley Farm, Bannockburn, Victoria, Australia, in outdoor polytunnels. Grown, harvested and extracted by MYCOfactor
• Extraction: Supercritical™ Triple-Phase (supercritical CO2, ethanol and hot water)
• Key compounds: polysaccharopeptides, beta-glucans, phenolic compounds
• Suggested serve: 1ml per day
• Sizes: 30ml (30 serves, 30 days) or 100ml (100 serves, 100 days)
• How to take: shake, then add to water or coffee, or drop straight onto the tongue
• Organic: National Standard organic certification with Southern Cross Organic in progress
• No rice, no imports, not diluted

How Supercritical™ Triple-Phase extraction works

We add gas and pressure to traditional methods to pull more from every mushroom. Standard dual extracts use alcohol and water only, which leaves many fat-soluble compounds behind. Our process runs three separate extractions on the same fruiting body:

• Phase 1, supercritical CO2: captures fat-soluble compounds
• Phase 2, ethanol: captures alcohol-soluble compounds, including phenolic compounds
• Phase 3, hot water: captures water-soluble polysaccharopeptides and beta-glucans

The three phases are combined into one full-spectrum liquid, so a single suggested 1ml serve carries compounds from all three.

Why does that matter? Turkey Tail is tough and leathery, more like a scrap of leather than something you would cook. The polysaccharopeptides and beta-glucans people take it for are woven right into its cell walls, alongside chitin, the same hard fibre found in crab and prawn shells. Our bodies can barely break chitin down, so a dried mushroom or a simple powder keeps most of those compounds locked up.

Those compounds are worth getting to, because a large part of your immune system lives in your gut. The polysaccharopeptides in Turkey Tail are studied as prebiotics that feed the good bacteria there, which is why they are researched for both gut health and a balanced immune response.

Extraction pulls them out of the wall, so your body can actually make use of them. Our hot water phase draws out the polysaccharopeptides and beta-glucans, and our alcohol phase captures the phenolic compounds. Under our NEW high-pressure method, CO2 gas becomes more like a liquid and grabs the fatty compounds the other two phases miss. In our closed-loop system, the pressure is then released, the CO2 turns back into a gas, and what is left behind is a super-concentrated extract. We combine all three, so each suggested serve carries the lot.

The compounds in every serve

• Polysaccharopeptides: studied as prebiotics that feed beneficial gut bacteria and support a healthy gut microbiome
• Phenolic compounds: antioxidants studied for their role in the immune system's inflammatory response
• Beta-glucans: polysaccharides studied for gut health and immune balance

Frequently asked questions

What is Turkey Tail best known for?
It is best known for its polysaccharopeptides, which are studied as prebiotics for gut health and a balanced immune response.

Where is it grown?
It is grown at Bentley Farm, our semi-wild farm in Bannockburn, Victoria. Turkey Tail grows slowly and prefers different conditions to our Brisbane farm, so we grow it outdoors in polytunnels. Nothing is imported.

How is MYCOfactor Turkey Tail different?
It is grown in Australia on our own farm, made from fruiting body only, and extracted in three phases rather than two.

When should I take it?
You can take it at any time of day, and most people add it to water or their morning coffee. We suggest 1ml a day, and you are welcome to adjust it to suit your body.

Can I take it with other MYCOfactor extracts?
Yes, you can. All five extracts come together in the Complete Supercritical™ Extract Pack.

Please note: Check with your health professional before consuming if you are taking blood-thinning or immune-modulating medication, or if you have any specific health concerns.