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starlighter
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I think I found a Reishi ?
#18803434 - 09/05/13 01:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi, is this Reishi? I'm going to make a tea with it but I want to make sure it is Reishi first... thanks...
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Tangich


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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: starlighter]
#18803449 - 09/05/13 01:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Unfortunately not.
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vjp
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: Tangich]
#18803456 - 09/05/13 02:00 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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That's reishi
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Tangich


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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: vjp]
#18803461 - 09/05/13 02:01 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Really??
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vjp
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: Tangich]
#18803493 - 09/05/13 02:09 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yea, why not?
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: vjp]
#18803535 - 09/05/13 02:21 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks very atypical to me. Too yellow. Never seen them looking like this, even when old and/or sun-bleached. And the real G. lucidum we have here has a stipe even when growing from trees.
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: Tangich]
#18803586 - 09/05/13 02:37 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ganoderma Tsugae, possibly. Sometimes high C02 environments can cause mutations. Size shape and color can be affected.
-------------------- "People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me are these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings." -Timothy Leary “You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.” ― Terence McKenna "In defying the authority we become the authorities" - Unknown
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: dodeski]
#18804175 - 09/05/13 05:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like Piptoporus betulinus to me... But what do I know? Was it on birch, dead or alive?
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: fry day]
#18804289 - 09/05/13 05:30 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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it was alive ..not sure what but i think tree stump and it was around a area where other reishi looking ones were also growing.... do you think its safe to try a tea with?
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: starlighter]
#18804409 - 09/05/13 06:09 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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No joy, battling TI's. If no TI chimes in seconding birch polypore, then not.
lmgtfy
Research the suggestions you've been given and see what YOU think, you've got the thing.
In the meantime, you might get it sliced and dried. Cross section pics might help resolve.
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: fry day]
#18804832 - 09/05/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Alright thanks for helping though...I think its reishi...or that other ganoderma tsugae one but even if im wrong there are no known species in polypores that are poisonous so if it is a polypore then no matter if its reishi or not this is safe to consume right?
Edited by starlighter (09/05/13 07:50 PM)
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: starlighter]
#18805245 - 09/05/13 09:23 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeh, but there'd be no point in bothering to prepare it for tea if it's not one of the good ganodermas.
BUT, if you don't do something to get it dry quickly it's gonna rot. Catch-22.
Did you section it?
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: fry day]
#18805940 - 09/06/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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All tree conks contain immunomodulating compounds. All known tree conks are edible as of today's knowledge database.
-------------------- "People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me are these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings." -Timothy Leary “You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.” ― Terence McKenna "In defying the authority we become the authorities" - Unknown
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: dodeski]
#18805992 - 09/06/13 12:57 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Where you at? Might be g. curtisii. Cut it in half and show us the flesh, reishi has a nice red tone to it. EDIT Either way, it might be too old and nasty to be of use.
Edited by RiparianZoneJunky (09/06/13 12:59 AM)
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fry day


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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: dodeski]
#18806012 - 09/06/13 01:08 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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dodeski said: All tree conks contain immunomodulating compounds. All known tree conks are edible as of today's knowledge database.
I was beginning to suspect that...
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: fry day]
#18806501 - 09/06/13 08:20 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Even if it is birch polypore....it has many medicinal uses...It can be used as a antiseptic and a anesthetic. You can make a field bandaid out of it. or it can be used in dried form to start fires. They found some on that iceman dude...the 5000 yr. old mummy. Pretty cool stuff, I must say. M
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baltimark said: Even if it is birch polypore....it has many medicinal uses...It can be used as a antiseptic and a anesthetic. You can make a field bandaid out of it. or it can be used in dried form to start fires. They found some on that iceman dude...the 5000 yr. old mummy. Pretty cool stuff, I must say. M
Piptoporus betulinus has an awful acidic smell (reminds me of when we synthesized aspirin/salicylic acid in high school chemistry) and it is only used to get rid of worms/intestinal parasites. If I remember the mechanism of action correctly, it does so by giving you massive diarrhea, so while I doubt that is what it is, I don't recommend anyone going around eating birch polypores.
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You can make a field bandaid out of it.
Extremely effective, too. At least as much so as a man made one.
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it is only used to get rid of worms/intestinal parasites. If I remember the mechanism of action correctly, it does so by giving you massive diarrhea, so while I doubt that is what it is, I don't recommend anyone going around eating birch polypores.
I have not read this. It may be used for those things but I've not read about it being it's only use.
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Re: I think I found a Reishi ? [Re: Untitled]
#18806723 - 09/06/13 09:38 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Untitled said:
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You can make a field bandaid out of it.
Extremely effective, too. At least as much so as a man made one.
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it is only used to get rid of worms/intestinal parasites. If I remember the mechanism of action correctly, it does so by giving you massive diarrhea, so while I doubt that is what it is, I don't recommend anyone going around eating birch polypores.
I have not read this. It may be used for those things but I've not read about it being it's only use.
Nor did I....there is a wealth of information available though. I actually ate a small piece last weekend ...wasn't that terribly acidic smelling or tasting and I did not get anything near diarrhea. I also made a bandaid out of it.which does indeed work...it sticks to itself like plaster.
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HOW did you make a bandaid? Just take a slice thru the whole conk? Enquiring minds wanna know!
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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