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The medicinal compounds we seek in mushrooms are locked behind the cell wall of fungi, and those cell walls are made of chitin, which is the same tough structure that is found in the exoskeleton of insects, crustaceans and arachnids. Chitin is indigestible and only denatures through exposure to heat. This means extracting it in some form or another is essential if we want to break down those cell walls and access the medicinal compounds we seek in mushrooms.
unless mushrooms (both raw and dried) have been subjected to an extraction process, they are basically indigestible for the majority of people and you will not experience noteworthy therapeutic effects. The majority of mushroom products on the market have not been subjected to an extraction process. The bioavailability of the active ingredients is low at best (± 1/30th to 1/50th of a genuine extract) and the term 'extract' is often used in a deceiving way.