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Hunting by Game/Technique => Mushroom Hunting => Topic started by: EarlySunrise on Nov 16, 2012, 07:55:53 AM

Title: Chaga?
Post by: EarlySunrise on Nov 16, 2012, 07:55:53 AM: I met a gut the other night talking about Chaga. Apparently comes off black birch trees and has some really good healing powers. Very good for the immune system and even has some link to treating some cancers or something? Anyone know anything about it? He asked me to keep my eyes open while I'm in the woods hunting. I did a little research but only quickly.
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Post by: johndeere540 on Nov 17, 2012, 06:32:46 PM: I wish i knew more about edibles but i can honestly say I dont know one wild mushroom from another!
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Post by: kevinmaine3 on Aug 28, 2013, 06:42:21 PM: It is easy to find in the north. I find it on white and yellow birch. I've heard it's good for cancer, urinary track and memory.[/img]
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Post by: mooseslayer71 on Aug 21, 2014, 12:14:28 PM: tons of them on white birch here in n.maine.
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 21, 2014, 01:00:15 PM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus)
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Post by: countyboy on Aug 21, 2014, 02:36:34 PM: Has the highest known antioxidants known to man.Grind it up and make tea with it.Its everywhere up here.
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Post by: joe snag on Aug 24, 2014, 07:19:16 AM: Hmmmmmm..i'll have to look..
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Post by: mooseslayer71 on Nov 19, 2014, 10:36:43 PM: got a 25lber the other day. didn't fit in my 5 gal. pail! also found 5lbs of fall oysters near the tree w/ the chaga.
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Post by: windwalker on Nov 19, 2014, 11:53:15 PM: A friend tried it a few years back , white birch has it , took a bit to find it , but he made tea out of it , has health issues so anything might help
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Post by: mooseslayer71 on Jul 08, 2015, 09:53:05 AM: also has anti cancer properties too!
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Post by: SHaRPS on Jul 08, 2015, 11:22:38 AM: The hen of the woods (Maitake) also has anti cancer properties as well!

I enjoy it on pizza, marinated (like in the picture), or dried and powdered in a coffee grinder - then sprinkled on anything and everything edible.

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/SHaRPS123/20140919Maitake_zpsgtvote1t.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/SHaRPS123/media/20140919Maitake_zpsgtvote1t.jpg.html)
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Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Jul 08, 2015, 04:29:59 PM: Don't that stuff looks yummy :P
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Post by: mooseslayer71 on Jul 09, 2015, 01:11:14 AM: never found any up here but it can be grown on sterilized sawdust.. may have to try to grow some.