04/23/2026
Elite-Tier Functional Mushrooms: Inside NuCelium with Riley Boudreau and Rob Swiderski | Episode #214
https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/nucelium-mushrooms-214
NuCelium's Riley Boudreau and Rob Swiderski just walked us through how a Canadian mushroom company grew cordyceps to 14.83 mg/g cordycepin — without an extractor. Their CordyFuel™ took the 2025 Cordy Cup, and they've since hit over 20 mg/g internally.
But the win is only part of the story. This episode gets into the founding team's 75+ years of mycology experience, why beautiful-looking mushrooms can test worst for bioactives, the prebiotic fiber hiding inside the substrate everyone else calls waste, and what's coming next with chaga and Tiger's Milk. Good one.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHqyx2tCS3A