"Chaga" mushrooms on birch.
In England and Canada, it is known as the sterile conk trunk rot of birch. In France, it is called the carie blanche spongieuse de bouleau (spongy white birch tree rot), and in Germany it is known as Schiefer Schillerporling (slate Inonotus). The Dutch name is berkenweerschijnzwam (birch mushroom glow). In Norwegian, the name is kreftkjuke' which literally translates as "cancer polypore", referring to the fungus' appearance or to its alleged medicinal properties. Since the 16th century, chaga mushrooms were recorded as being used in folk medicine and the botanical medicine of the Eastern European countries as a remedy for cancer, gastritis, ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones.
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Location: Russia, Pskov region, Pustoshka district
Photo credit: © Vadzim Kandratsenkau / Alamy / Afripics
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