Bought and ate a half pound of dried Shiitakes from Forest and now I've ordered a 1.5 pounds more. Clean-no grit, had a few broken pieces in my first order but none in this one (not that it matters much) plenty of flavor, reasonable price, and grown in the U.S. Love the powdered Porcini and the Grade A dried Porcini, too. WIll be buying more of each.