Range in color from tan to dark brown with broad, umbrella-shaped caps, wide open veils and tan grills. Caps have a soft, spongy texture. rich and woodsy with a meaty texture when cooked.

Optimum Shelf Life: With proper care, product can hold for up to 14 days

Suggested usage:

• Shiitakes are best if cooked and adapt well to most cooking techniques.
• Adds a meaty flavor and texture to stir-frys, pastas, soups, entrees and side dishes.

Special notes: follow handling instructions below. Before using, tear off and discard tough woody stem. Discarded stems can be used to flavor stocks.

Fluted and graceful, Oyster mushrooms range in color from soft brown to gray. Best if cooked; delicate, mild flavor and velvey texture.

Optimum Shelf Life: Product should remain fresh for 5-7 days.

Suggested Usage:

• Substitute for or in combination with cooked white mushrooms
• Delicate flavor is excellent in chicken, veal, pork and seafood dishes.
• Sauteing with butter and onions brings out full flavor. Add to soups and sauces.

Fragile, flower-like Enoki mushrooms, with long slender stems and tiny caps, grow in small clusters. Mild, light flavor with a slight crunch.

Optimum Shelf Life: With proper cared, product can hold for up to 14 days.

Suggest Usage:

• use raw in salads and sandwiches.
• Use as garnish for soups and salads

Special Notes: Follow handking instructins below. Before using, trim roots at cluster base. Separate stems before serving.

Impressive in size and appearance, the Portabella is a larger, hardier relativeof the Agaricus and Crimini. Can range up to 6 inches in diameter. A longer growing cycle than Agaricus results in a deep, meat-like flavor and substantial texture.

Optimum Shelf Life: With proper cared, product shouldl hold 7-10 days.

Suggested Usage:

• Serve whole or sliced, grilled baked or deep fried
• Excellent stuffed as an appetizer, side dish or entree.
• Add to stir-frys, sautes and sauces.
• A greate substitute for meat in a sandwich or entree.
• Use as ameat alternative in a vegetarian entree.

Similar in appearance to the Agaricus. Look for a naturally light tan to rich brown cap and a very firm texture. Deeper, denser, earthier flavor than Agaricus.

Optimum Shelf life: Product should remain fresh 5-7days.

suggested Usage:

• Substitue for, or use in combination with, any recipe calling for Agaricus mushrooms.
• Hearty, full-bodied taste makes an excellent addtion to beef, wild game and vegetable dishes

The mushroom's large, stout stem and small, light brownish gray cap makes for a very unique looking fungus. In the wild, these mushrooms are found near the roots of hardwood trees, but in a commercial environment they grow to an average of 3 to 5 inches in a variety of mediums, such as sawdust or sterile, steamed rice bran.

Optimum Shelf Life: With proper care, product can hold for up to7 days

Suggested usage:

• Sliced or diced mushrooms may be added to soups, stews and stir-fries.
• use the mushroom in a variety of tomato- and cream-based pasta dishes.

Special notes: Unlike other oyster mushroom varieties, which can have tough, fibrous stems, the eryngii's stem is prized for its tasty, meaty and chewy texture. The eryngii is also low in moisture and very adaptable to Western, Asian and Mediterranean dishes.