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LiquidLight
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PNW conk questions
#26748013 - 06/16/20 12:43 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello, I’ve found these growing in the forest outside of Portland,OR. It seems as though I have two different species here. The larger ones seem to be Gandorema oregonense, and the smaller a red belt conk (fomitopsis pinicola?) Im just a bit confused as I see some people referring to red belt conks as reishi and vice versa.
My questions, are these what I think they are? What’s the difference between the two/ are they both medicinal? And are they similar in function to reishi? Why do I see some people calling red belted conks reishi mushrooms, or do some reishis have red belts?
Lastly, how would you go about drying these?
Thanks in advance!


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ChRnZN
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There are black reishis that include the species lucidum and sinense. You may have an older specimen of one of those. Younger ones usually have a pronounced stipe. Reishis are often kidney shaped when they are between the two stages of growth already mentioned. They can also be bright red. I haven't seen any Oregonense that are black.
Your other mushroom with the more brightly colored outer band appears to be Fomitopsis pinicola, but I am not positive about medicinal properties of what you have since I cannot ID them with 100% certainty. If they are medicinal, you could chop them up very finely, which would be very difficult given their density but still possible with a strong sharp knife, and dry them out in a paper bag hung in the in an open, windy location or in front of a fan until they are crisp. Then you could grind them in a coffee maker and save them for later. Nice post.
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Re: PNW conk questions [Re: ChRnZN]
#26751543 - 06/17/20 12:24 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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ChRnZN said: There are black reishis that include the species lucidum and sinense. You may have an older specimen of one of those. Younger ones usually have a pronounced stipe. Reishis are often kidney shaped when they are between the two stages of growth already mentioned. They can also be bright red. I haven't seen any Oregonense that are black.
Your other mushroom with the more brightly colored outer band appears to be Fomitopsis pinicola, but I am not positive about medicinal properties of what you have since I cannot ID them with 100% certainty. If they are medicinal, you could chop them up very finely, which would be very difficult given their density but still possible with a strong sharp knife, and dry them out in a paper bag hung in the in an open, windy location or in front of a fan until they are crisp. Then you could grind them in a coffee maker and save them for later. Nice post.
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LiquidLight
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Re: PNW conk questions [Re: ChRnZN]
#26751601 - 06/17/20 12:54 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks for the response! They do appear black, although after getting them home and washing the wet mud off of them, they were a darkbrown/reddish color.
I went ahead and processed them by chopping it all up, making half of it into a tincture which I will boil in water afterward to create a double extract, and drying/powdering the rest for teas.
In hindsight, that was silly to do before positively identifying them, but I was feeling fairly certain I had pinicola and Oregonese. Are there any poisonous conks or look alikes I should be concerned about?
Thanks again!
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Moopers
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In hindsight, that was silly to do before positively identifying them, but I was feeling fairly certain I had pinicola and Oregonese
Pretty sure what you have is G. applanatum, not oregonense, which is laccate (shiny) and has white context tissue. What color was the context tissue?
The other species you have is Fomitopsis mounceae. F. pinicola is only found in Europe.
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