Our story
Thirty years with our hands in the harvest.
Through the 90s and 2000s we picked wild mushrooms across British Columbia. Today we make mushroom extracts. This is how we got here.
A note from the founder
I started picking mushrooms in the mid-90s. I never really stopped.
My first harvests were wild Morels and Matsutake, picked by hand in the forests of British Columbia. It was just me, a backpack and the thrill of finding a good patch.
That turned into a business, and the business turned into a life’s work. Today we make mushroom extracts in BC, and I still judge every batch the way I judged a basket of Morels & Matsutake: by looking closely and not cutting corners.
- 30+years with mushrooms
- 2005founded in Vancouver
- BCwhere we make it
- 20+products today
How we got here
From forest floor to your shelf.
Picking by hand
Brenton spends his seasons in BC’s backcountry picking wild Pine mushrooms (Matsutake) and Morels by hand. He learns where mushrooms grow, how to handle them and what “good” really looks like.
Into the backcountry
The best patches were rarely near a road. Getting there meant floatplanes, canoes, old trucks and a lot of walking, in rain, sun and early snow.
Pacific Rim Mushrooms is born
The company is founded in Vancouver. We buy from pickers across BC and supply Pine mushrooms, Morels, Chanterelles and Porcini to chefs, retailers and mushroom lovers around the world.
From wild mushrooms to medicinal mushrooms
Years of working with mushrooms led to a new direction: Reishi, Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail and Chaga. We moved from harvesting wild mushrooms to making extracts from organically grown fruiting bodies, with hot-water and dual extraction.
Made in British Columbia
Based in North Vancouver, BC, we make elixir drops, gummies, capsules, powders, plus mushroom coffee and chai. Our drops, gummies, capsules and powders each carry a Health Canada NPN.
From the archive
Our picking years.
Rivers, floatplanes, buying stations and long days in the BC backcountry. A few photos from the 90s and 2000s.
What we stand by
Three things we don’t compromise on.
The real mushroom
Our extracts are made from fruiting bodies, the part of the mushroom we’ve been handling for three decades.
Licensed and labelled
Every product carries a Health Canada NPN, with the extract ratio and ingredients printed on the label.
Made close to home
We’re a small Canadian company. Email us and you’ll hear back from a real person in BC.
“After three decades in the field — literally — I know what quality looks like, and I’m proud to put my name on it.”
Brenton King, founder
Find your mushroom.
New to functional mushrooms? Start with our Mushroom Guide, or go straight to the shop.
