Guest guest Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hi all, I do harvest chaga mushrooms each year, and am hoping to bring some to the potluck/swap at and 's this weekend. Chaga is unbelievably high in anti-oxidants. The Russian people, especially Siberians, have used it for centuries. Russian folklore has it being used to fight cancer. I use it because I like to drink it. I think it is wonderful as a tea with raw cream and stevia, or cinnamon and licorice. Chaga parasitizes birch trees in northern Minnesota. One does not usually find more than one chaga per 5,000 birch trees. If any of you are interested in learning to harvest/forage for chaga, you can go to the Minnesota Mycological Society's website (minnesotamushrooms.com) for foray information. We usually don't look for chaga until the end of February. Not because it's not available year-round, but because it's easier to see in the woods when all the green leaves are gone, and also because not much else is going on with mushrooms that time of year, so we like to spread out the " love " through the season. We snowshoe or ski into the woods to find the chaga. Hope some of you can join us this winter. We are a fun group and are very good to newcomers. --Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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