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Consumer Evidence Investigations · Reader research

What are you using?

Your experience can help us decide what to investigate next.

Scientific evidence tells us what has been observed under controlled conditions.

Real-world experiences can raise different questions.

If you use a mushroom supplement, functional drink, extract, powder, tincture, gummy, coffee, tea or similar product, you can tell us about your experience here.

Your submission is not clinical evidence and will never be presented as proof that a product works.

Instead, responses may help The Spore Patch identify recurring questions, products, ingredients and experiences worth examining through formal evidence review.

Positive, neutral and negative experiences are equally useful.

Every question is optional. We don’t ask for your name, email, address, diagnoses or medical records.

About the product

Product or brand name

1.Product or brand name

Product type

2.Product type

Product URL

3.Product URL

Optional.

Main mushroom(s) or ingredients

4.Main mushroom(s) or ingredients

Select all that apply.

Does the label describe the mushroom material?

5.Does the label describe the mushroom material?

Select all that apply.

Dose per serving

6.Dose per serving

Optional — as written on the label, if known.

How often do you use it?

7.How often do you use it?

Approximately how long have you used it?

8.Approximately how long have you used it?

Your experience

Overall, how would you describe your experience?

9.Overall, how would you describe your experience?

What, if anything, have you noticed?

10.What, if anything, have you noticed?

Select all that apply.

How quickly did you notice anything?

11.How quickly did you notice anything?

Tell us about your experience.

12.Tell us about your experience.

What changed, if anything? There are no right answers — positive, neutral and negative experiences are equally useful.

Please don’t include your name, contact details, diagnoses, medication names or other information that could identify you.

Have you experienced anything unwanted while using the product?

13.Have you experienced anything unwanted while using the product?

If you are experiencing a serious or concerning reaction, seek appropriate medical advice. This form is not monitored as a medical service.

Other things that may matter

Lots of things can change at once. These questions help us avoid assuming that one product caused everything someone experienced.

Does the product contain caffeine?

14.Does the product contain caffeine?

Did you start or substantially change anything else around the same time?

15.Did you start or substantially change anything else around the same time?

Select all that apply. Please don’t include medication names or diagnoses.

Have you stopped using the product and later started again?

16.Have you stopped using the product and later started again?

What should we investigate?

Please don’t include your name, contact details, diagnoses, medication names or other information that could identify you.

What question would you most like The Spore Patch to investigate about this product or ingredient?

17.What question would you most like The Spore Patch to investigate about this product or ingredient?

Would you like to suggest another supplement, drink or wellness product for a future Consumer Evidence Investigation?

18.Would you like to suggest another supplement, drink or wellness product for a future Consumer Evidence Investigation?

Optional.

Optional public comment

Would you be happy for an anonymised excerpt from your experience to appear on The Spore Patch?

19.Would you be happy for an anonymised excerpt from your experience to appear on The Spore Patch?

Privacy & consent

We store only your answers above — no name, email or account is attached. See our Privacy Policy for how The Spore Patch Ltd handles data and your data-protection rights.

Please do not use this form to report a medical emergency or seek medical advice.