Birch Polypore - Mushroom Identification & Medicinal Benefits with Adam Haritan
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- The birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina, Piptoporus betulinus) is a mushroom whose use by humans dates back at least 5,300 years. Since then, this species has been utilized as a food, medicine, styptic, polisher, razor strop, fire transporter, and more. In this video, we take a look at identifying features, as well as its impressive medicinal profile.
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I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with BPD. Spent my whole life fighting BPD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Psilocybin is so misunderstood and underrated in the psychiatric world. So glad your mom introduced this healing g modality to you!Thanks for talking about this.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Thanks for sharing this experience, it would help my son.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
You have a great channel here. Sadly, interest in the wild plants and their uses is just not that popular yet. Hopefully that will change in the future. Good luck with your channel and i hope it grows well for you.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival yes there are a lot of uses for these and I'm a prepper and most of my friends get this channel shoved down their throats through Facebook!!! lmao!
Thanks! You have a great channel as well! Lots of interesting content and value... I'll definitely keep my eyes on it.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival
What's up Lonnie , good to see you following Adam too. I've been following your RUclips channel for a while now. It's great !! Hope you and Connie have a great Holiday Season.
Peace
Well said Lonnie :)
agreed.
I've said before and I'll say FOREVER...you my RUclips friend are BRILLIANT! Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge. People like you who actually CARE about their fellow man/woman and the world around them are, EXACTLY what this world needs more of!!
Hey thanks so much, Lisa! Glad you're enjoying these videos! :D
Sad To See How People Have Turned Their Back On Natures Medicine Cabinet Called eartH Or Our Heart And Turned Towards "Big Pharma" And A Guy or Gal Who's Dressed Like Your Butcher Wearing The Same White Lab Coat. There Is A Reason The Human Placenta Looks Like The Tree Of Life And Leafs Have Arteries Like Us. We Are Ment To Be At One With The Land And Adam Is A Fine Example Of That. Hats Off To You My Friend. Keep Up The Good Work Spreading The Love Of Our Mother And Provider. Much Love From Your Neighbors Next Door In Kentucky.
i want to know why people thumbs down this video. i don’t get it. this guy is as knowledgeable, clear and thorough as it gets. videos like these simply can’t be done better than this
I have been drinking 2 ounces of birch polypore tea daily since october 2018... I feel SO much better with this... I can't say enough about this mushroom.
How do you process it?
@@vishyswa Birch Polypore Tea
Find the mushroom.
slice mushrooms like steak fries.
Dry them. (I use my dehydrator)
Once dried...
add one ounce of dried mushrooms to quart of water,
in a quart sauce pan.
Simmer for two hours.
Let cool.
Squeeze them out after simmering to extract the best medicinal
tea from the mushroom.
Strain the tea into a coffee filter, and pour into ice [C]ube trays.
Freeze.
Store the unfrozen 'broth' or 'tea' in the fridge and keep making
ice [C]ubes... do not let the 'tea/broth' in the fridge for longer than a week.
Add one [C]ube to coffee or your drink first thing in the morning.
Add one [C]ube to your afternoon, or evening drink.
You only need two [C]ubes a day.
Keep using the [C]ubes, your body will thank you for it.
It takes approx one week before you will feel better.
🙂
@@jenntek.101 Thanks for the tips!
Would love more tips on brewing
@@101Merkaba the answer is above in my comments
You honestly are the best at explaining mushrooms. I've posted countless photos online in forums and people are really just guessing. You give very descriptive features that allow me to confidently identify. Thanks again.
I've used this specific shroom as a plaster multiple times, it's absorbent so it can stick to open wounds if you use thin strips and as mentioned it's antibacterial and antimicrobial so it protects against infection.
I have made tea with this fungus, I also used wood sorrel, cinnamon and honey which resulted in a tolerable beverage (I don't like normal/common tea either to be honest).
Wow, I don't know how you can actually pronounce those words let alone remember them like that, you are a wealth of information Adam, well done again, glad to see you have followers like Lonnie and Survival Lilly
I’ve been watching a bunch of videos lately on medicinal properties of various plants, especially of the birch tree. I was out near the forest surrounding my house last week and found a dead tree with all kinds of cool mushrooms studding it and wondered what it was. Turns out it is this one - the birch polypore. I just went outside in the rain to go check it out. So cool! I think they are too old to harvest but I’ll go out and check for new growth later in the year. I feel so smart now that I can identify something new.
Listened to this just last night, and found several on a white birch while walking this morning. I think I'll just stick to calling it the birch polypore, but awed by how important it must have been for it to be carried by our ancestors. So many possibilities it seems to hold. Thank you. The I learn the more I notice. By the way the scene behind you in this is lovely.
DUUUUUDE! Just found your channel. You are DROPPING WISDOM. Holy cow, how much knowledge there is on RUclips? I wonder why I haven't found you before. Can I ask, where have you learned all of this information, and how do you have such an excellent command of all of it? Subscribed, and thanks very much.
Bushcraft Beats share him on Facebook and I have many of his videos in a mushrooms and foraging video list on my channel also! Share share share! He is wonderful!
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words and enthusiasm! Passion drives my learning process, so I'm continually and consistently researching, learning, and sharing. It's a constant work in progress, and I have no plans of stopping anytime soon. We'll see where this leads me... :D But really, thanks for stopping by! -Adam
I don't do Facebook personally, but I think we will establish a presence there, and when we do, unequivocally we will direct people to Adam. In the meantime, perhaps he'll find a way into one of our episodes in a shout out!
Digging those drum intros bro.
Thanks!
Try - Dragon ritual drummers & Inlakesh. If you want a bit of djembe and Dij
The birch polypore contains also some antifungual properties. I'm wondering how does that affect a tincture mix with other mushrooms like turkey tail for example or reishi. Do you have any idea about how it interacts in this cases? Many thanks!
There's an interesting theory that Otzi the Iceman was carrying this mushroom to treat an infestation of intestinal whipworm that he was suffering from and which this fungus can apparently help with...in the UK I think this mushroom is commonly called Razor Strop because when old and tough it can be used to strop razors like a leather belt would
Great detailed video! Thorough, interesting and very educational!
Like how you reference studies...so neat how medical this mushroom is.
Thank you for sharing!
Great job Adam. Your videos have me viewing nature on a different level. I saw Devil's Tooth and Turkey Tail for the first time in my yard recently. Mushrooms have always blended into part of the scenery, but now they seem to be popping up everywhere.
Awesome! They'll continue to appear as long as you're aware. :D
I'm treating my mom's stage 4 adenocarcinoma with Birch Polypore , Resinous Polypore, Chaga, Turkey Tail, Cordyceps, Maitake, Shitake, Lion's Mane, Reishi, and stamets 7, and Host Defense My Community, in combination with chemo immunotherapy.
In Sussex UK, the Birch Polypore is known as Razor Strop backet fungus. Decotion teas/tinctures were historically where made from it for all manner of aliments to reduce swelling/inflammation, intestinal problems (including parasites) and for viral infections like chicken pox/herpes. My own Nan used to do this and to burn it and make an antiseptic salve from the ash. It was rumoured to have mild hallucinogenic properties- so growing up, teens used to smoke it! Historically it was smoked by the charcoal burners in Sussex used it to improve the favour of tobacco. It seemed to smell a little bit like marmalade/citrus not what you would expect from a fungus.
It smells like glazers putty .and always reminds me of a crabs shell and is hard to snap in half EXCELLENT for honing a knife blade
Thank you, just had a friend who got shot with a little 25 caliber pistol.
It didn't hit no veins or arteries, so we just shoved some birch polypore in the wound.
We will continue to update for the next 3 weeks.
Time of incident: Jun, 14, 2020. 4:00pm - 4:45pm.
Area affected:left upper calf.
Small bits of fabric where taken with the projectile, he still had to go to the hospital.
The wound did heal, but an Abscess formed in the muscle week's later, the fungi did its job. I was the uneducated one.
Great! Of course, not great that your friends got shot, but wonderful that you used what was on hand. Where we live, we use plantain leaves instead of bandages for minor cuts and scrapes. Stops the bleeding and protects the wound. Sticks itself in place.
'the medicine we need is literally" at our feet. So it is that this property I moved to, has turkey tail growing all over it and what I've just ID'd, yellow reishi mushroom.
How do I differentiate between a ganoderma megaloma and a birch polypore? I have many of one or both maybe.
I don't find them alot.
if I do find some, they're either small, big or old.
But they do give a decent amount if you find a big one
Adam, you are the best! Anyone educated will absolutely enjoy and derive great health benefit from your well researched knowledge. Sadly though... not too many people possess the level of education required to benefit fully from your awesome knowledge and smooth delivery. Keep up the good work and you just might educate America raised on fluoride as ......... an essential nutrient and Instagram as means of.....deeply intelectual communication. Thanks again for your awesome videos! I bet you can do anything with this level of perfection.
I have had big time pain in my thyroid (hypo thyroid) for 2 weeks and yesterday I desided that I would trye this mushroom, they grow nearby so i was easy to get some.
Last evning I drank some tea and this morning the throat was better so I drank some more.
Now it is about 24 hours later and I have no pain. I will gather more and drink this when needed.
Is there some any recomendations on how long time or how much one can use this mushroom ?
Thank you for this great channel. / Maria in Sweden
You speak very clear and discriptively. Thank you very much for your videos🌸💐🌸. And particularly this one.
How you keep all that information in your 🧠 brain?
Mushrooms tea ,for memory
will you please just come to the keweenaw and hang out in the woods for a while. I wish I could get him talking while we walk the keweenaw
You my friend have a great knowledge and passion for mycology and I'm glad you're willing to pass it on.
Thanks!
Many thanks for your channel, Adam! I love the science and research you provide! I share every post of yours I watch! Peace, my friend!
Question:What is the best method to use when extracting the medicinal properties of the birch polypore? alcohol decoction hot water decoction or a dual decoction?
Thank you, and I appreciate your videos very very much.
Michael, my preferred method of extraction for most medicinal mushrooms is the dual extraction. It seems that the most medicine (at least for personal consumption in the home setting) can be extracted this way. Also, the mushroom is utilized to its fullest, and essentially no parts are wasted. For the birch polypore, then, I'd recommend the dual extraction.
Learn Your Land
Good day. Can you please explain dual extraction process. Thanks.
@@gogo311 no it won’t- research
@@LearnYourLand do you have a video on the dual extraction process?
I like your vids, educational , Thanks
My husband and I just found our first ones and the lowest is 11" wide! We love your videos, we are new to foraging and you explain everything. Thank you so much!
Great video, the approach is so clean and pure. Right to the info.
Thank you so much!! SUBBED!!
I'm a member of The Florida Native Plant Society and can rattle off a fair amount of facts relating to plants, but NOTHING compared to you. You, my friend, are impressive as hell! Would love to have a friend like you to walk around the woods with. I could listen to you all day. Great channel!
I have officially watched all of your mushroom videos. You are an incredible teacher and inspirational in everyone’s mushroom journey. Very easy to watch and keep the audiences attention.
Thanks, Amanda!
we've got similar stuff on spruce we call it bear bread
Hey brother. Great video! Knowledge is power! And power, you have a lot of. Keep up the good work.
I found some on a log on the ground in central PA. Today. I was hunting more hen of the woods so was confused by finding them in the area of oaks. Made a video of them today. Check it out and please let me know what you think...I think the log was recently rolled over or something...Seemed upside-down. Cannot find pores at all ..😱
Found a dead standing birch this weekend in south eastern Michigan filled with Birch Polypore. It was prolific! This was standing in a high traffic area so very little of it was reachable, but there was a recent storm and there was a freshly fallen log on the ground with an 8 inch mushrooms I was able to take home with me. Thanks so much for this video. It confirms I definitely identified this correctly in the field. Thank you.
Why he doesn't have thousands of views is beyond me. Adam, are you doing any PR for this at all or do you need the RUclips community's help lol?
RUclips community's help... for sure!
Learn Your Land I'm trying Adam!!! We will get you there! Your wisdom needs to be shared!
From Western PA, too
I found a pretty large outbreak of Birch Polypore about 10 days ago. Been back a couple times to harvest it. 80 grams dried so far! What a treasure!!
Hey Adam, Long time sub your teaching is most appreciated. I've just gathered some Birch Polypore not to days ago, this April, here in NH. You mentioned not wanting to gather them this late and I'm wondering if there is a particular reason why. As far as I can tell they are still spongy and clean when I cut into the flesh. The only thing ive noticed it some black slplotches on the underbelly where it looks like they are just beginning to decay. Is it possible the cooler climate helps preserve them longer?
Thanks for a great video, very informative, concise and interesting. I will be using the birch polypore in my medicine cabinet.
Hi Adam. Great videos. I was wondering about a decoction and alcohol tincture. Wold the be something for daily use or just as needed. Do you know or do you know of a resource that would give more specifics? Thanks
Thank you Adam, much appreciation of what you do.
Your knowledge makes me feel you could be one of those scholars of the plant science.
Great Info that once known, we need to relearn and know the Land! Thanks Most Kindly Adam! DaveyJO in Pa.
So true i keep forgetting that chaga is a now i can't sp it grr lol i call it a mycelium mass thanks for the reminder... great ideas telling people to protect it better...i harvest small amount watching the woods around keeping some un harvested at all to keep some of it natural un touched to finish its life cycle
I can't wait to see one actually fruit
Where birch polypore is an annual it can be harvested but deer do eat it so best not to over harvest it too
But Birch polypore will grow on dead wood too
Excellent Adam. Found a giant Birch Polypore today. Thank you for your awesome channel and knowledge.
10:29 You said I could make up a name for the mushroom so I'll call it ''The Fire Starting Pancake
I'm watching this is 2023, and it's still fabulous information. I've used birch polypore to keep my fires going, but it's exciting to learn it's medicinal, like many fungi. Do you make and sell medicine? I can't imagine a more reputable source. You made this seven years ago; I hope you are so incredibly comfortable financially from these by now. Every video you've made is invaluable knowledge presented with infectious enthusiasm and positive attitude. I'm so grateful you made them.
Thanks, Michelle!
Oops...condition. I’m sure is a polypore on a dead birch tree that has a perfectly similar shape to the mushroom in your video, except there is no sign of the edge curling over polypore surface. There is a a 1/16” to 3/32” area around the outer margins of the underside of the mushroom surface that is smooth and does not have polypores in it. The top has concentric rings of light undulations spaced about 3/8” apart and the surface is generally smooth and the color of chaga. The mushrooms appeared up and down the entire trunk, spaced a couple feet apart. Some appeared new, as in last seasons growth, and others appeared older, as if there were 3 or 4 years production on the tree. The youngest looking shrooms were light tan in color on the underside. Thoughts? Thanks! Greg
Drink these *everyday* and SO EASY for beginners to I.D+
DON'T THINK i have *ever TOLD U-your video-graphing is **_ALSO PHENOMENAL_*
And now i will leave U alone~TY~Adam~be safe & well~
How would you use birch polypore as a medicine at home?
make a tea, or broth out of it. let it cool, pour it into ice cube trays.
Add one or two to a drink ---> daily.
I've been using birch polypore tincture for a while. It's chalked full of beta-glucans, polysaccharides, and Betulinic acid. It gets the acid from the Birch wood. It is technically the first known medicine.
I see a lot of this mushroom growing behind my house. I see them all the time on the white birch trees behind my house.
Hey Adam, I just found you old channel and you did a video on Chaga. I was wondering if you would consider creating a video about chaga on this channel. Did you lose access to that older channel? Looks like you haven't been active on it in years
Very decently informative video.
Thanks!
Learn Your Land Ive added this one to my list of must pick in the paper birch skag swamps local to me. Had no idea until I watched this video it had any uses except as a sharpener.
I stumbled across the birch tree by the little two inch hanging thin corn cob looking fruits here entering winter in Oregon, and what like to be tiny pine cones. Researched and found out it's a very edible tree. And then your video came up emmediately after involving the birch tree. Hmm AI? Anyway it was my first identification of a birch tree and I gathered a handful of it's fruit to eat.
Excellent video!
YES!!! Exactly--I first saw these a few years ago, and thought they looked like big, perfectly browned pancakes. lol
Wicked music at the start Adam. Don't remember your recent content being so damn funky! Still love all your stuff tho. Come to think of it, you don't wear groovy clothes any more either. The sacrifices we have to make to be popular in the mainstream eh?
I wanted to take notes but found it difficult to know certain words you used, such as the novel isolated compound you spoke of. I tried using the captions feature but that particular word did not seem to transcribe properly. Please let me know how you spell it--attempting to Google search it is difficult but I am curious to learn more. I think putting less common words on the screen would be super helpful. Love your vids, thanks so much for making them!
I found something in the woods near my home in Rhode Island that looks like Birch Polypore... exactly like it... except that the cap doesn't go under the pore face, and it seems as though it's actually one whole mass. Also, the pores are invisible, it looks like the entire thing is a solid mass. It was growing on a tree that was dead but was either a beech or a birch. Any idea what it may be?
My kids and I were out walking on our land, I came across a fallen white/Paperbirch and looked up the fungus brought me to your channel, I’m going back to grab some😎
New subscriber.... from Allentown PA (Lehigh Cty). 💕🐝🇺🇸☃️
I seen very similar so much i think it is the same mushroom on native trees in Australian bush. My searching online seems to be this one Laetiporus portentosus. It is growing on a tree 3 mtrs up and got the distinct pancake brown UFO shape, white flesh. Smells like i could eat it but not sure if its eatable.
How about a video on a couple of the best ways to consume the birch polypore?
would be nice! i see all these claims and such but nobody ever mentions dosage
make a tea, or broth out of it. let it cool, pour it into ice cube trays.
Add one or two to a drink ---> daily.
@@maxdaigle4822 make a tea, or broth out of it. let it cool, pour it into ice cube trays.
Add one or two to a drink ---> daily.
I just found some of these today. A whole bunch of them bloomed within just a few days.
awesome video, thanks for sharing more specific information on the potentially beneficial chemical compounds , in a easily digestible manner. I've sliced this one up for tea a few times ... if only it tasted as good as chaga! Shaved dry pieces make great tinder though
Well said - if only it tasted as good as chaga! I've put this in soups, and if you're not careful, the flavor can be quite intense. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I enjoy your channel a lot Adam, thank you. We all should be far more aware of the natural medicines readily available in Nature. Youre doing a great job popularising these gifts and a more Nature oriented lifestyle
Thanks for watching!
I'm in Missouri and can't seem to find definitively if we have the "yellow birch" trees here. We have river birch, can the birch polypore and chaga grow on the river birch? Also, can river birch bark be used to make a salve? Thanks.
Those are great questions. Yellow birch trees aren't naturally found in Missouri, though you may have a few planted here and there. I've never seen birch polypore or chaga grow on river birch, though I suppose it's possible. Missouri is a bit too far south out of chaga's natural range... though there are always exceptions and you may come across a nice specimen. And yes - river birch bark can be used to make a salve.
Also....is the good stuff to be harvested the outer skin or the tender underneath or all of it....please and thank you....i'm up here in penhold alberta....your awesome dude
Hi there! Long time listener, first time caller ;D I’ve been finding these on poplars- is it the same mushroom? Am I finding something else?
2:04 It's not that mushrooms did anything to deserve so many name changes, it's that fungi have been so enigmatic, taxonomists have had a really hard time trying to classify them and keep changing things as they learn more about fungi.
Thank you for the info. I found something from birches, not sure what it is, looks like horse hoop? Is there any way I can send you the pic and you can tell me what it is ?? Thanks,
Friend an the cola de pavo i have 100. X ciento black in tree sauce lloron gracias what is your name???
Can you tell me what the small white shelf fungus is next to the birch polypore in your video? I’m seeing in everywhere in Maine and cannot identity it.
This was excellent 👏🏽
you're awesome in the detail description of the benefits of the world of fungi 👍👍👍
What was the sense of telling us all that when you don’t tell us how to cook it or how to harvest it or what you can do I need it if it’s poisonous. If you eat too much of it you don’t tell us any of that stuff you just tell us decent stupid names that we can’t remember anyways, so what the heck information you give me this year what do you do with that mushroom? How do you cook it? 10:53 10:53 10:53 10:53
cuanto conocimiento! gracia. En Argentina, creo que no tenenemo o
Hi Adam, what's different benefit from: Ganoderma applanatum, Reishi Mushroom, Red Belted Polypore, Birch Polypore, Turkey Tail Mushroom, Chaga Mushroom. If you can, help me out please , thank you.
Check out this "Guide To Medicinal Mushrooms" I created. I discuss several of those species, including their medicinal benefits: foragingpittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/guidetomedicinalmushrooms1.pdf
Pretty good that what i looking for, thanks Adam
Adam, do you know if birch polypore tea can be consumed during pregnancy? I cannot find information on this anywhere on the internet.
Thanks Adam, i got one for myself month ago but didn't know what is it. Now I know thank you.
Great! Glad you found this video useful.
@@LearnYourLand know this IS "old" now~but you really DO pay attention to what your "followers" comments are+
Be Well my FRIEND✌🏽
I have a mushroom just like this, from a dead birch tree, but it has very distinct ribs on the bottom. It is white rather than yellow. Do you know what it is?
I just discovered your channel a few days ago and I hate myself for not finding it sooner. I live in illinois so some of the species you talk about can be found here, which is nice. Keep up the amazing work.
Thanks Dustin!
Fantastic info as ever!
Why are all yall on that side of the country so chill man mush love bless up your self you hear bredren! 👂🏻 lol west coast people are too uptight
Can this cure a spleen and liver tumor as well as lipomas on dogs? Thank you for this info.👼
I keep finding old specimens that are really hard. I wonder if I can still get any medicinal use from those?
A true inspiration and it works well for me. Tincture or cream..it works on anything.
Thank you for all these informative video, I have learned a lot from them. Can you also talk about trametes hirsuta and the use of it. Thank you
Sometimes I see people share photos of this mushroom on trees other than birch. Is that a different mushroom or can they grow on other trees?
Would this Polly pour also be known as horseshoe fungus I'm not sure but I've also seen some mushrooms like this on oak trees.
Over 2500 likes and only 23 thumbs down must be the best ratio out there on RUclips
Thanks for another informative video about the medicinal properties of mushrooms. Unfortunately there's no birch trees near
me. I'll have to keep an eye out for them on my trip to the mountains next year.
You're welcome, John. Yes - if you travel to the mountains and find birch trees, it's only a matter of time before you find the birch polypore.
Hey Adam, can you just dry it out and make a tea like you would with Chaga or Reishi? Thanks for all the vids by the way
Mark, that's a great question. Yes, I always dry out my stinging nettle aerial portions before making a tea. Stinging nettle dries much more quickly compared to chaga and reishi.
How wo7ld one use the polyspore to create medicinal effects for anti-inflammatory
THANKS.My one concern is people harvesting all the mushrooms. is there a way of propagating it for future.