About Statera

Our Mission

We want everyone to be as ‘mushroom mad’ as we are at Statera. We have curated luxury functional mushroom products that are designed to blend with your daily life so you can find those moments of calm and restore balance in today’s hectic world. 

We really believe that natural should be the starting point of health and wellbeing. That we should know our bodies and be in tune with what our bodies need. Practice deep breathing when we’re stressed, walk/run, be in nature, actively listen in conversations, laugh every day, eat well and… incorporate Statera’s range into your lives for the best all round wellbeing (that last one may be a bit bias 😉)

Why Mushrooms?

Mushrooms are amazing! If you follow our social channels (and we really think you should…obviously!) then you’ll see our Funghi Fact Fridays for some snippets as to just how amazing they are!

But that aside, mushrooms/fungi have been around since we all have - they’re the earliest form of life on earth! They’re used to clean up waste (google myco-remediation). They were found in the pocket of the Tryolean Iceman 'Otzi’ who lived around 3,000 years ago and researchers are on the fence as to whether he used them for medicine or food. 

Companies like Mycoworks have been able to creat ethical and environmentally friendly materials and leather like fabrics using the mycelium from fungi which is paving the way for a better future in industry and fashion.

We humans are also believed to share around 50-54% of our DNA with fungi, sharing an astonishing amount of our evolutionary history with them. So it stands to reason that our bodies are going to respond very well to the benefits that they offer.

What benefits can functional mushrooms offer you, we hear you ask? Now we can’t be seen to make claims that Statera treat or cure any illnesses or medical conditions, but there is plenty of research out there on fungi (should you want to continue your mushroom exploration) that when consumed, our fungi friends have been known to increase your mental focus making you perform better at work, or give you more natural energy to help with work or exercise, they can help you feel more relaxed which can make those creative projects flow a lot easier and help you feel more connected with your family or in social situations. 

Our Founder

In December 2022, our founder, Rhianna Taylor was told to go to A&E as a precaution because she may have been having a stroke. After a CT scan and blood tests it was determined that the nosebleeds, slurred speech, headaches and confusion that she had been experiencing for the last 5 days were to be attributed to an escalation in her migraine condition. Through 2023 her condition deteriorated and her migraines became chronic the situation felt hopeless and Rhianna was trying to juggle a demanding city legal career in London alongside debilitating migraines and later in 2023, the discovery that she had a degenerated cervical spine that was the reason for the chronic pain stemming from her neck and causing cervicogenic headaches between migraine attacks.

Rhianna has used CBD since late 2022 and had already been considering a company making CBD products. But with her health declining she knew she wanted to find more natural ways to stabilise the chronic migraine attacks and that lead to a path of discovery into functional mushrooms.

On days when Rhianna couldn’t be physically active because she was at the mercy of a migraine, she could read about mushrooms or speak to her manufacturers. It gave her something to  channel her energy into on days where her health made her feel hopeless. To know that she was going to take what she had learnt and create a brand that other people could enjoy as much as she had. Working with her manufacturers in Leicester, UK through 2023 Statera took shape and was launched on 12 December 2023 - on the anniversary of the day she was sent to hospital fearing she may have had a stroke at 32.