Orders have increased ten-fold at the hydroponic mushroom farm since in the last eight months

Yoshinobu Odaira, 69, is the chief executive of Shogun Maitake Canada Limited, a London, Ont.-based hydroponic mushroom farm that's seen sales rise dramatically in the last eight months. 
Not many mushroom farms can say they get regular visits from people suffering from cancer, but Shogun Maitake Canada is not your average mushroom farm.

It's one of the few growers in North America that offer top quality maitake mushrooms, a frilly, leathery, wild-looking fungi steeped in ancient Japanese myth that is as prized by foodies for their delicate flavour and texture as it is are by health nuts.

The mushroom has a reputation for lowering blood pressure, cholesterol, boosting the immune system. It's even being studied by scientists as a potential cancer-killer.

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Author: Colin Butler · CBC News