Hi James, with medicinal fungi, I tend to make them into tinctures using the dual-extraction (Decoction, then maceration) technique – some, such as turkey tails and birch polypore I dry and use in teas, though you have to be a little careful about how you grind them up (Turkey tail tends to go to fluff, which is fine… Birth Polypore can kill most food processors as it goes hard like plastic when dry. I tend to cut it into little cubes (~5mm each side) to use in immune tea blends. Hope this helps!