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title: A Mushroom a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
date: 2024-03-11T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# A Mushroom a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?

*March 11, 2024* — by [Lucy Hubbard ’24](/author/lucy-hubbard-24)


> Student Co-founds Company Exploring the Health Benefits of Fungi

*Baltispore FB 1920x1080 — A UMD undergrad, Harriet Harris '25 (below) is one of the founders of BaltiSpore, a Baltimore company that markets "functional" mushroom products that users say can bring a broad range of health benefits, from anxiety relief to helping to enhance chemotherapy treatments.*

You’ve seen them spring up on your grass after a rain and in your salad, but could mushrooms be more than that?

Studies indicate turkey tail mushrooms might help chemotherapy patients by improving immune health, while the lion’s mane variety appears to support certain cognitive functions. A University of Maryland undergrad’s Baltimore company is working to demystify public perceptions of mushrooms while showing their holistic benefits through products such as a preformulated tincture and a grow kit for basement gardening of sorts.


*Harriet Harris poses with dog*




**Topics:** [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [Health and Fitness](https://today.umd.edu/topic/health-and-fitness), [Student Experience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-experience)


**Units:** [College of Agriculture and Natural Resources](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-agriculture-and-natural-resources)