The MYKO Library

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Monographs, protocol guides, and sourcing notes on functional mushrooms and the science behind the formulas. Written for curious readers, not industry insiders. Updated when there is something worth saying.

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Featured Monograph
Dark·Sourcing
What Dual Extraction Actually Does
The question isn't whether your mushroom supplement was extracted. It's how. Hot water captures one class of compounds. Alcohol captures another. Most products only do one.
Dark 4 min read →
Foundations·Ingredients
Magnesium: The Mineral Behind Almost Everything
If you only fix one thing in your supplement protocol this year, fix this. Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions, and a significant portion of adults run subclinically low.
Foundations 4 min read →
Adaptogens·Dark
Reishi: The Adaptogenic Logic of Calm
Of all the mushrooms that have made their way into modern wellness, Reishi has the longest resume. Two thousand years of recorded use. A small library of names. Few botanicals have been...
Adaptogens 4 min read →
Sourcing·Standards
How to Read a Mushroom Supplement Label
Most mushroom supplement labels are designed to be looked at, not read. Five questions, asked in order, separate a serious supplement from a marketing-led one.
Sourcing 4 min read →
Practice·Protocols
The 30-Day Foundation Protocol with ADAPT
Most supplement protocols fail in the first two weeks. This one is built to last thirty days, and it's designed to do one thing: help you find your actual baseline.
Practice 4 min read →
Practice·Protocols
How to Choose Your First MYKO Formula
  The most common message we get isn't a complaint or a question about ingredients. It's some version of: *"Which one should I start with?"*
Practice 4 min read →
Dark·Sourcing
100% fruiting body — never mycelium-on-grain
The cheap shortcut that lets brands sell "mushroom extract" that's mostly grain. It's the most common quality failure in the supplement industry, and it's invisible on most labels. Here's how it works...
Dark 1 min read →
Integration·Practice
Integration as the missing layer in microdosing protocols
Most users plateau by month three. Not because the formula stops working — because the body's substrate quality determines whether the work compounds or evaporates. Integration is what turns a temporary state...
Integration 1 min read →
Adaptogens·Dark
What "adaptogen" actually means — and what it doesn't
The term gets stretched thin in marketing copy, applied to anything from goji berries to caffeine. The original definition is much narrower — and much more useful — than the supplement industry...
Adaptogens 1 min read →
Practice·Protocols
Stamets vs. Fadiman vs. Nightcap: choosing your cadence
There are four named cycling protocols in modern microdosing practice. They're not interchangeable — each one optimizes for something different. Choosing wrong won't hurt you, but it will under-deliver on the formula...
Practice 2 min read →
Dark·Foundations
BDNF + NGF: the dual-pathway story behind neurogenesis
Most "neurogenic" formulas only hit one pathway. The brain has two — and the difference between them is the difference between making the existing wiring work better and building new wiring entirely....
Dark 2 min read →
Dark·Methodology
Why We Built MYKO Around Pathways, Not Promises
The supplement industry runs on a strange contract. Brands promise outcomes. Customers buy on hope, then habit, then quietly stop. We didn't want to build a brand on a contract that breaks...
Dark 4 min read →
Foundations·Philosophy
Why MYKO Isn't a "Mushroom Brand"
If you ask what MYKO sells, the easy answer is mushrooms. The truer answer takes a little longer — and it's the reason this brand exists in the first place.
Foundations 4 min read →
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