Highly revered as a culinary delicacy and touted as one of the ‘Four Culinary Treasures’ in China, Hericium is a genus of toothed fungi with species growing locally throughout Canada and North America on hardwoods. While mysterious in appearance, Hericium takes on a delicious lobster like flavour when cooked fresh. The particular species, Hericium erinaceus, has been highly sought after as a nourishing food for centuries. In East Asia this special fungi was only allowed to be consumed by the Emperor in Chinese tradition and highly revered. While mushrooms are commonly consumed as a tea and/or yielded extraction, our unique whole life cycle Whole Food Mushroom powder can be conveniently added to dishes as you would any ingredient or superfood.