When reishi mushrooms reach maturity, they release reproductive spores in a burst of beauty and wonder. Reishi spores are the powerful, concentrated life force of the reishi mushroom with even higher concentrations of important immune-supportive compounds like triterpenes. It takes over 1000 kg of dried reishi mushrooms to make just 1 kg of reishi spore power. This is potent stuff! They are, however, impossible to digest by humans due to their rock-hard coating. In a feat of scientific ingenuity , we "crack" open our spores in a very gentle manner to access their highly prized bioactive contents, and then carefully dry under low temperatures to preserve their potency.