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Id request: alleged birch polypore
    #22541454 - 11/18/15 11:28 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Hoping this is Piptoporus betulinas. Didn't pay attention to the kind of tree it was on but I could always go back. Most fruits were up in the air (you know, on a vertical tree) but the one I took cap pictures of was growing on a log on the ground






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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22541494 - 11/18/15 11:38 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

That's what I'd call it.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Duggstar]
    #22541509 - 11/18/15 11:44 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Piptoporus betulinus :thumbup:


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Mrcloudy]
    #22541644 - 11/18/15 12:21 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

many thanks cloudy!

I'm considering sawing off half of one for tea making, 'mycelium running' claims it has a few medicinal properties.

wonder if tincture would be better.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22542202 - 11/18/15 03:03 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Make tea first, then make tincture second

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: VedicSoma]
    #22542655 - 11/18/15 04:16 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Everclear isn't legal in my state I don't think. hopefully lower proofs work okay

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22542694 - 11/18/15 04:20 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Well I harvest one half of a birch polypore and one half of what I think is an artists conk

Any advice on storage/drying? I'm sure common sense will guide me well but figured I'd ask.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22542959 - 11/18/15 05:19 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

These things are everywhere where I live, are they really medicinal? I guess I'll have to gather a few and try it out.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: CharlesBruce]
    #22543160 - 11/18/15 06:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

oh and the pores were visible with the naked eye, though they are small. that mean anything? I was reading one write-up about the species that claimed the pores required a magnifying glass to see.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22543983 - 11/18/15 08:39 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I have really been getting into polypores lately.

Turkey tail
Reishi
artists conk
violet tooth polypore
false turkey tail
cracked cap polypore
mazegills
Lenzites betulina

They all are medicinal, with different effects.  Most are really good for you.

google them, and then get started.  You will feel great!

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: VedicSoma]
    #22544564 - 11/18/15 10:53 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

VS point taken.


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22544646 - 11/18/15 11:13 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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oh and the pores were visible with the naked eye, though they are small. that mean anything? I was reading one write-up about the species that claimed the pores required a magnifying glass to see.




Nah that's not particularly important, you have Piptoporus betulinus for sure.  The pores are small but the ones I find have visible pores.


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Mrcloudy]
    #22544651 - 11/18/15 11:14 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

There is also a Fomes species in one of the photos.


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Mrcloudy]
    #22545173 - 11/19/15 03:52 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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oh and the pores were visible with the naked eye, though they are small. that mean anything? I was reading one write-up about the species that claimed the pores required a magnifying glass to see.




Nah that's not particularly important, you have Piptoporus betulinus for sure.  The pores are small but the ones I find have visible pores.



:hatsoff:

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There is also a Fomes species in one of the photos.



Oh yeah, I suppose I've been ignoring the ones I don't know much about. The ones shaped like hooves and such

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22545611 - 11/19/15 08:24 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

The birch polypore, when still fresh and soft can be used as a makeshift wilderness bandaid. It has analgesic properties. Just cut into thin strips and butterfly them...they kind of stick to themselves. I'm not sure about other properties though. I use the chaga conk for my tinctures..this also grows on birch in the northern areas of the country. I have been taking this tincture..using forresters double extraction tek as well as reishi for 2 years now to treat my RA.I am off the fucked up chemo medication they were giving me and haven't been sick once in 2 years....Before this, I was on antibiotics all winter for upper respiratory infections.

Chaga also has great cancer fighting qualities as well as it's immune stabilizer abilities. The key is to keep taking it every day 2 droppersfull 3 or 4 times a day. Keep it up...I use 150 proof everclear for my extractions which is the highest alcohol content(75%) I can buy in my state....works fine.

This stuff really does work...I still deal with some joint stuff but nothing like it used to be.:sunny::peace:


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22561457 - 11/22/15 09:41 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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The birch polypore, when still fresh and soft can be used as a makeshift wilderness bandaid. It has analgesic properties. Just cut into thin strips and butterfly them...they kind of stick to themselves. I'm not sure about other properties though. I use the chaga conk for my tinctures..this also grows on birch in the northern areas of the country. I have been taking this tincture..using forresters double extraction tek as well as reishi for 2 years now to treat my RA.I am off the fucked up chemo medication they were giving me and haven't been sick once in 2 years....Before this, I was on antibiotics all winter for upper respiratory infections.

Chaga also has great cancer fighting qualities as well as it's immune stabilizer abilities. The key is to keep taking it every day 2 droppersfull 3 or 4 times a day. Keep it up...I use 150 proof everclear for my extractions which is the highest alcohol content(75%) I can buy in my state....works fine.

This stuff really does work...I still deal with some joint stuff but nothing like it used to be.:sunny::peace:



I'll have to look up foresters double extraction tek since I'm just going on instinct at times here.

My main question now is: What time of year do these things die? Probably winter right? Well winter is right around the corner in my area and I'm wondering if I should just harvest them all?

I really don't want to harm the mycelium or reduce its ability to fruit the following year. So I'm thinking maybe cut away all the flesh but leave the stump where it connects to the tree?

I actually wouldn't mind try to cultivate these either...but one thing at a time. Unless you guys have suggestions.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22562184 - 11/23/15 05:12 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Found this beauty!



They smell very good, like apples. I'm going to cut it up into strips and then dry for preserving. Then it seems the best method is to simmer in a saucepan for 30 mins or so to extract a tea, or does anyone have a better plan?

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My main question now is: What time of year do these things die? Probably winter right? Well winter is right around the corner in my area and I'm wondering if I should just harvest them all?

I really don't want to harm the mycelium or reduce its ability to fruit the following year. So I'm thinking maybe cut away all the flesh but leave the stump where it connects to the tree?




I know they can survive for years, but slowly degrading with time so best when fresh. I don't know what effect that will have - just don't be greedy and take loads. Leave most to continue their life cycle because these are very important fungi in the ecosystem. Say if you only take 1/5 of those in an area that shouldn't do any real harm. Also leave the young ones to grow up.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: CharlesBruce]
    #22562665 - 11/23/15 09:54 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

This extraction tek is real simple and allows you to get both kinds of medicinal compounds. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18845747

This conflicts with what I've read about them. Everybody says they are annual and therefore die every year. The log I found had evidence of this, you could see the fruits of past years still attached higher up, but appearing dead :shrug:

I don't want to overharvest like you said, but if the fruits are just going to die anyway...

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22563486 - 11/23/15 01:44 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

The reishi I harvest is usually best around mid summer in Pa. By now, it is old and wormy. I will usually take about half of what is growing off the tree to allow the others to completely drop their spores.

Chaga is a different animal...it is nothing like a usual mushroom type fungi and looks more like  a damaged or even burned tree with a black shiny canker type fungus that takes many years to reach harvestable portions. It will only grow on older paper birch trees.


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22563518 - 11/23/15 01:49 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I was asking specifically about birch polypores. They're a little different

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22563550 - 11/23/15 01:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

They grow mostly in the fall, that I have seen...not sure of their medicinal qualities other than as analgesic though. I would pick them now, if you want to do any extractions...don't worry about overharvesting...they grow like crazy in birch forests.


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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #22563659 - 11/23/15 02:06 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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This extraction tek is real simple and allows you to get both kinds of medicinal compounds. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18845747

This conflicts with what I've read about them. Everybody says they are annual and therefore die every year. The log I found had evidence of this, you could see the fruits of past years still attached higher up, but appearing dead :shrug:

I don't want to overharvest like you said, but if the fruits are just going to die anyway...




Thanks for link. As you said you can see the fruits lingering for years but of course not for using at that point. Some near me are about 3 years old I think.

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Re: Id request: alleged birch polypore [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22563678 - 11/23/15 02:09 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

oh neat I hadn't heard the analgesic bit.

Thanks for the help senor :thumbup:

I'm thinking about taking one of the smaller fallen logs they were growing on back home with me after harvesting. Wanna try to propagate them

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