Chaga: Benefits, Uses and Risks of the Birch Mushroom
Inonotus obliquus What is chaga? Chaga, also known as birch conk or clinker polypore, grows mainly on birch trees in cold regions such as Siberia, Scandinavia, northern Japan and Canada. What you see on the trunk is not a typical fruiting body but a hard, black growth (sclerotium) that looks like burnt charcoal. Inside it is rust-brown and corky. Chaga…
PureberryOctober 13, 2026



















