Maitake is a medicinal polypore that is also well known for being a delicious culinary mushroom.

Maitake contains a diversity of polysaccharides including beta-glucans, arabinoxylanes, and ergothioneine, a strong antioxidant.

Additionally, Maitake  has a very high ORAC value (a measurement of antioxidant quantity) of 15000 similar to that of noni juice.

This mushroom has been researched extensively relative to its ability to treat a great variety of diseases including cancer, diabetes(lowers blood glucose), and hypertension.It has also shown the ability to stimulate T-Cells, and act as a protector of the Liver.