Founded in early 2022 by husband-and-wife team Erik and Stacey Vaughan, Akron-based Epiphany Mushroom Co. cultivates gourmet mushrooms and turns them into small-batch pantry foods and functional mushroom products. Its indoor farm supplies fresh mushrooms for local pickup, while the company’s work with mycologists and emphasis on lab-tested, science-backed products reflects a broader mission to make the fungi kingdom useful in everyday cooking and wellness.
Borough MushroomsBorough Mushrooms operates New York City’s first mushroom farm and mycology lab, growing specialty mushrooms locally for grocery stores and farm-market customers across the Northeast. The company also develops added-value mushroom products, connecting urban cultivation with regional food retail.COPAKE, NY
Phillips Gourmet MushroomsA four-generation Kennett Square mushroom business, Phillips Gourmet develops and produces proprietary mushroom formulations for restaurant operators, retailers, and food manufacturers. The company has cultivated mushrooms since 1927 and processes much of its crop within three days of harvest, drawing on Phillips Mushroom Farms’ year-round production and more than 70 million pounds shipped annually. Its value-added line includes recipe-ready sautéed and fire-roasted mushrooms, dried ingredients, custom packs, and Lion’s Mane coffee.KENNETT SQUARE, PA
Life ItselfLife Itself turns wild-foraged mushrooms into small-batch extracts, tinctures, coffee and brewing grounds, with its best-known chaga gathered by hand in Vermont’s mountains. The company dries and processes the mushrooms using its own bioavailability methods, then brews them for at least 72 hours in reverse-osmosis water. Its work centers on making forest-grown ingredients accessible through everyday wellness rituals and sustainable harvesting.BUFFALO, NY
BaltiSporeBaltimore-based BaltiSpore is a small-batch mycology company known for keeping its mushroom work close to home. The team grows some fungi at its Baltimore facility and makes its tinctures there from whole fruiting bodies, while also helping home growers cultivate mushrooms.BALTIMORE, MD