Cover Shiitake mushrooms with boiling water or broth and soak for a minimum of 30 minutes. They then can be added to your stir-fry, soup or any mushroom recipe you may be using.

Porcini are often found growing under conifer and hardwood trees to large sizes; their caps can reach almost a foot across. Porcini mushrooms are generally not cultivated, but gathered from the wild. This is due to the fact that the mushrooms form a symbiotic relationship with the surrounding tree roots that has proven hard to reproduce under controlled circumstances.

Oyster mushrooms grow wild throughout North America and much of the world. However, unlike the porcini or morel, these wild mushrooms can also be cultivated.

Morel mushrooms are hand-picked in the wild from areas that tend to have been previously burned by fire.  Their growing season is very short; they only grow in the springtime.  Their short season makes them even more coveted by consumers. 

- The Dry Emperor Mix consists of: porcini, shiitake, oyster and chanterelle
- The Dry Forest Mix consists of: woodear, shiitake, bolete and oyster

These rare mushrooms have a taste that can be described as fruity and nutty with pepper notes.