Elden Medicinals

07/21/2026

🍄‍🟫Ready to learn about the medicine cabinet of the woods!? 🍄‍🟫 I’m teaching in the pines this Friday at 6:00 . We will cover the medicinal mushrooms native to the Great Lakes & Midwest by going through the science, traditional & folk uses, safety, contraindications, pregnancy, and foraging and identification aspects of each species.

As a nutritional therapist and holistic health coach that has also had a very personal healing journey with medicinal mushrooms, I am very passionate about this modality and I am stoked to bring this incredible lecture to the pines that will leave everyone with the knowledge to begin using mushrooms that grow in the woods all around us, for your own health needs! We will be using my book as a guide throughout the class. Should you want to take the book home with you, you may purchase it after the class! I will be vending all weekend as well. I craft wild-foraged mushroom dual extracts right here in Michigan, forest to bottle. I invite you to stop by and chat about mushrooms and holistic health, and share in some free mycommunitea and my electrolyte water!

See you in the Pines!🌲🍄‍🟫

07/21/2026

Ready to learn about the medicine cabinet of the woods!? See you in the pines this Friday 6:00 . We will cover the medicinal mushrooms native to the Great Lakes & Midwest by going through the science, traditional & folk uses, safety, contraindications, pregnancy, and foraging and identification aspects of each species.

As a nutritional therapist and holistic health coach that has also had a very personal healing journey with medicinal mushrooms, I am very passionate about this modality and I am stoked to bring this incredible lecture to the pines that will leave everyone with the knowledge to begin using mushrooms that grow in the woods all around us, for your own health needs! We will be using my book as a guide throughout the class. Should you want to take the book home with you, you may purchase it after the class! I will be vending all weekend as well. I craft wild-foraged mushroom dual extracts right here in Michigan, forest to bottle. I invite you to stop by and chat about mushrooms, and share in some free mycommunitea and my electrolyte water!

See you in the Pines!🌲🍄‍🟫

07/17/2026

Cordyceps for lung health! 💨🫁🍄‍🟫
Beyond the normal safety measures of staying indoors, using masks when appropriate, and utilizing HEPA air filters (I use Air Doctor)— we can go further to protect our respiratory systems and well being. Cordyceps is an excellent option to consider, and for the next two weeks, I am offering it at 20% off when you use the code “ LUNG20 “ at checkout for this product! This sale ends July 31st. I wanted to do this as a way to help people receive additional support during this trying time.

Cordyceps is a famous mushroom that is used to bring Qi (energy) back into the lungs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It can be helpful for conditions like emphysema, bronchitis, and COPD. The main compound, cordycepin, increases your VO2 max—meaning you can absorb more oxygen per breath. This is also why this medicinal mushroom is cherished by athletes, as well as those seeking to improve oxygenation, energy, and lung health.

Further, cordyceps supports the immune system, the digestive system, and the liver. It supports cellular energy by mimicking ATP in the body—what our mitochondria make for cellular energy. It really is an incredible fungal ally during these trying times. You can visit my website eldenmedicinals.org to purchase your cordyceps. Be sure to put in the code at checkout! LUNG20

The third photo is a wild cordyceps that was found on our foray at the Ohio Mushroom Festival!

07/14/2026

Where is the best place to find mushrooms? This is an excellent question posed to me during my three hour class on therapeutic use and foraging of medicinal mushrooms this past weekend at .

Water is your best friend. Go a few days or a week to two after a good rain. Some mushrooms take longer than others to grow to maturity so pay attention to your finds and visit them as they grow to develop that sense of good harvest times.

Bodies of water. Lakes, rivers, streams, springs, all boost the likelihood of finding mushrooms. Search their perimeters to increase your chances of finding mushrooms.

Microclimates. Observe your surroundings, looking for valleys, dips, and darker / densely foliaged areas.

Other things I didn’t mention here is look for older growth forests if possible. Fresh or replanted forests will take years to develop the biodiversity again that hosts the mushroom species often sought after. Also, know what kind of mushroom you’re looking for and what its preferred substrates are. Is it a saprophyte? (Meaning grows off dead or decaying matter)— if so, then you want to look for areas with downed trees. Know what its substrate refers to what it prefers to grow on. For example, you will find lions mane in a hardwood forest (oak, beech, maple, cottonwood, etc.) but you will not find it in a pine forest.

What are your tips, or other questions, on the best places to find mushrooms!?🍄‍🟫

07/02/2026

TESTIMONIAL
Sue has become a returning customer I met vending at the . I feel so inspired after hearing the real experiences wonderful people like Sue share with me after beginning my products. I am not surprised in her experience in the slightest, but most people don’t realize the ability that mushrooms have in helping with chronic inflammatory conditions like fibromyalgia. Sue was kind enough to share her experience to help other people.

The birch medicine blend is my primary inflammation/liver/detox/hormone support blend. It is a blend of wild foraged chaga, Tinder polypore, and birch polypore. While all of my mushroom products can help inflammation, what is special about this one is that it contains higher amounts of betulinic acid - a terpenoid that these mushrooms naturally extract from the birch tree itself. This compound is a potent anti-inflammatory and is wonderful for our immune systems. For example, betulinic acid is currently under research to be turned into a synthetic chemotherapeutic drug. While synthesizing and compounding a single ingredient may still prove helpful, it is the entourage effect of other compounds like polysaccharides such as beta-glucans, minerals, and other terpenoids present in these mushrooms like fomentariol and trametenolic acid that give betulinic acid the ability to do its greatest work. Whole food medicine is where it’s truly at, and all constituents are preserved and extracted into my dual extracts I make from forest to bottle.

You can order this tincture and more on my website eldenmedicinals.org

This video is being shared with permission from Sue.

Mush love, and blessings! 🍄‍🟫

07/01/2026

If you can believe it, my first mushroom festival was just this weekend at . While it was a rainy weekend, it was filled with incredible energy, and LOTS of mushrooms! I went on a three hour cordyceps hike and found my first cordyceps in the wild! I now have several really well preserved specimens I will be taking with my to my classes when teaching about this wonderful and medicinal mushroom. We found ones growing off beetle larvae, wasps, and even spiders.

As I have left my 9-5 last fall to dedicate full time to this journey— it feels so good to be connecting with genuine and good people in the myco space such as , , , and more. The mushroom world is a unique culture that has a lot to offer this world, and we see growing together in a way that I see mycelium growing in the forest 🌲

Other highlights we’re learning more deeply about mushroom log cultivation with , a deep dive into psychoactive amanitas of North America with , and incredible foraging hikes with talented mycologists like mycologymike and . Also,
and I have quite the circuit we are doing this summer with her teaching yoga and me teaching on medicinal mushrooms. At a number of events and festivals (see my previous post for the schedule) This was our first real foray and I really had a blast sharing this experience and growing together through it 🧡🍄‍🟫

I hope to be back next year and for this to be the mark of a new beginning in this incredible chapter of myco ventures. Mush love!

06/29/2026

Had a blast this weekend at the Ohio Mushroom Festival! It was so cool entering an already bustling community that has been building for the last several years. This was actually my first mushroom festival. On Saturday I decided to not open up my vending booth and just enjoy the day. That started with a three hour mushroom foray with incredibly talented mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts. It felt so good to be learning so many new things, and finding cordyceps for the first time! It was also incredible attending amazing lectures and connecting with so many other funguys and fungals 🤠

Thank you to all who came to my talk on Sunday on Medicinal Mushrooms: Therapeutic Use & Foraging. If you would like to stay connected im most active on Instagram but I am on FB as well! You can also email me [email protected] and visit my website to order my tinctures, my book, and more eldenmedicinals.org

I am excited to now be a part of this community and being apart of its growth. Mush love and blessings to all!🍄‍🟫

Dual-extract wild-foraged mushroom tinctures. Mushroom and foraging education. Forest to Bottle.

06/25/2026

The Elden Medicinals event calendar for the summer season!



I am also vending at the and this season . I will post that schedule soon!

All of these events are wonderfully aligned communities based on natural living, holistic health, herbalism, community and self-reliance, herbalism, mycology, regenerative agriculture, music, and art. I highly encourage you to check out these events if you’re looking to connect deeper with meaningful community and maybe even come learn about mushrooms, foraging, and holistic health from me! Plus, it’s always fun to hang out with more good people!

May the sun be warm on your back and the rain soft on your fields🌱

Tyler