Hifas da Terra (HdT) is a biotechnology center focused on research and innovation with a high degree of specialization in the development of nutraceuticals from medicinal mushrooms. This know-how, based on extensive experience around the applications of Mycology to health (Mycotherapy), is the intellectual property of Hifas da Terra and has a high economic value.
Research Areas
Our Founders
Catalina F. de Ana Portela
Founder and Chairwoman. Biologist, Mycologist, Mycotherapist. PhD in Clinical Research in Oncology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Coauthor of the Mycotherapy book 12 medicinal mushrooms.
Esteban Sinde Stompel, Phd
CRIO (Chief Research and Innovation Officer). PhD in Biology from the University of Santiago and environmental engineer from the University of Göttingen. President of the Forest Technology Platform of Galicia (Devesa).
Francisco F. de Ana Magán, PHD
President Emeritus and former director of R&D. Head of the Phytopathology section at the Forestry Research Center of Lourizán (1988-2009). Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain of the FAO in Rome. President of the Forest Association of Galicia.
Awards
Recognition for Innovation 2014 in the XIV National Young Entrepreneur Award
Spanish Food Award 2016 to the Ecological Production
CARBON FOOTPRINT
We collaborate with networks of local producers, consolidating a sustainable economy and producing more oxygen than we consume by planting 120,000 trees per year. We bet on the recovery of autochthonous forest species such as chestnut trees, which help to conserve traditional ecosystems, and we work for the dissemination of mycology by offering crop products and accessories inspired by the nature that surrounds us; all this to continue with our work as researchers.
