Nadia Zuodar and her father personally collect edible wild swiss mushrooms, some highly prized for their gustative properties and others which are largely ignored. She also procures them from continental Europe, among other places, to prepare exclusive extracts through her bespoke production techniques. Mushroom availability varies immensely between the seasons by and year, thus the proportion used in perfumes can vary.

Nadia et son père ramassent personnellement des champignons suisses sauvages comestibles, certains très prisés pour leurs propriétés gustatives et d’autres qui sont largement ignorés. Elle les fait venir aussi d’Europe continentale entre autres, afin de préparer des extraits exclusifs grâce à des techniques de production qu’elle a mis au point. La disponibilité des champignons varie énormément entre les saisons et par année.

Examples of mushrooms are:

  • Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)

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  • Truffle (Tuber melanosporum)

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  • Saffron milk cap (Lactarius deliciosus)

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  • Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

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  • Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)

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Sarcodon imbricatus is an edible autumn mushrooms  growing in pine forests in Switzerland  and also present in the rest of Europe and North America. It has a powerful bitter, peppery and earthy flavor. Recent reseach show  immunoenhancement and antitumor capabilities  of the polysaccharides of this mushroom. More research is needed to explore its potential for the treatment of immunosuppressive disease.

http://jocpr.com/vol6-iss7-2014/JCPR-2014-6-7-1723-1726.pdf

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/97357192/influence-sarcodon-imbricatus-polysaccharide-immune-function-immunosuppressive-mouse

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289863592_Composition_and_antitumor_activity_of_polysaccharides_from_sarcodon_imbricatus

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  • Lycoperdon perlatum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdon_perlatum