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eagel774
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I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ??
#19104072 - 11/08/13 05:53 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've seen this stuff growing around here for many years it's growing on a red oak is that normal for Chaga.Just wanna be sure its consumable.What can it be made into, tea?
 
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: eagel774]
#19104089 - 11/08/13 06:08 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't think that it's chaga. Chaga grows off of birch trees and is an orange-brown color inside.

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eagel774
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: lsms]
#19104112 - 11/08/13 06:26 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i cant find anything in my Audubon mushroom book that comes close except Chaga.Has it ever been found on other trees?
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: eagel774]
#19104119 - 11/08/13 06:32 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It looks like Daldinia concentrica. I'm not especially familiar with it, but I've seen it on hardwoods.
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: eagel774]
#19104121 - 11/08/13 06:33 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It does grow on other trees but I've read that only chaga growing from birch trees have medicinal qualities. You could have a just forming polypore Is the inside a similar color to the photo I posted?
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: lsms]
#19104129 - 11/08/13 06:39 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: canid]
#19104152 - 11/08/13 06:47 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I haven't opened yet just found it late last night.The Daldinia Concentrica looks a lot closer than Chaga.
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: lsms]
#19326048 - 12/25/13 04:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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As I understand, Chaga is always medicinal no matter what tree it grows on. However, Birch is the only tree that produces betulin, and the chaga mushroom converts the betulin into betulinic acid - this is said to be the most important compound in the mushroom.
Check this write up from ChagaMountain The active constituents of Chaga are thought to be a combination of Amino Acids, Beta Glucans, Betulinic Acid, Calcium, Chloride, Copper, Dietary Fiber, Enzymes, Flavonoids, Germanium, Inotodiols, Iron, Lanosterol, Manganese, Magnesium, Melanin, Pantothenic Acid, Phenols, Phosphorus, Phytonutrients, Polysaccharides, Potassium, Saponins, Selenium, Sodium, Sterols, Trametenolic Acid, Tripeptides, Triterpenes, Triterpenoids, Vanillic Acid, Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin D2 (Ergosterol), Vitamin K and Zinc.
The most valued property in Chaga is betulinic acid, however, in order for Chaga to be effective, it’s imperative that Chaga is harvested from only birch trees. Birch trees are the ONLY trees that contain betulinic acid from which Chaga grows on. We at Chaga Mountain, Inc., wild harvest Chaga from ONLY birch trees. Chaga Mushrooms harvested from birch trees converts the betulin present in the bark of the birch into a soluble and ingestible form of betulinic acid. Please read the importance of betulinic acid on our Health Benefits Tab.
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Re: I thing this is CHAGA..(Inonotus obliquus) ?? [Re: BoulderMushrooms]
#27642786 - 02/02/22 05:30 PM (2 years, 20 days ago) |
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Old thread but I'm researching chaga and would like to add that I've read it can grow on other hardwoods but it's almost never noticed because it grows narrowly between the bark fissures, apparently like you have photographed here. Only on birch does it produce the large bulbous growth.
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