Despite their proliferance in the wild, however, controlled cultivation of maitakes has scarcely yielded comparable quality. The glaring exception to this is Shogun Maitake, based in Ontario, Canada. These Maitakes are larger than other cultivated strains, with a firmer texture, making them a significantly superior option to the majority of flimsy, waterlogged cultivated Maitakes found elsewhere on the market.

In addition to meticulously replicating an ideal environment, Shogun plants black “kuro” maitakes genetically faithful to those found in the Japanese wilderness. This exhaustive obsession with detail makes for the best and most consistent cultivated Maitake we’ve ever experienced.