Where does Chaga grow?

What Chaga looks like (picture)

Chaga is a medicinal fungus that is widely used in medicine. It is rich in plant fiber and a large amount of polysaccharides. Reasonable use can help digestion.

What does Chaga look like?

Chaga is an infertile fruiting body that is nearly spherical or in an amorphous block , with a diameter of 7 cm to 36 cm, a hard surface, and a yellow-brown or black color.

There are uneven and cracked small pieces on it, the flesh is yellowish brown, the reproductive hyphae are light yellow with septates, the skeleton hyphae are yellowish brown, and the fruiting bodies are difficult to find.

Where does Chaga grow?

Chaga is also called white chaga, birch mushroom, birch ganoderma, and birch tears . It continuously absorbs the essence of birch trees, eventually causing the birch trees to wither and die.

Its mycelium has a strong ability to withstand cold, and the mycelium living in the wood can withstand temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius . It is suitable for growing in a moist, cold, and cool environment.

Chaga growth pictures

What birch trees does Chaga grow on?

Chaga is a fungus similar to wood ear and mushroom. It grows in relatively harsh conditions and mainly grows in extremely cold areas, distributed between 40 and 50 degrees north latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.

That is, Siberia and the Far East of Russia, Northern Europe, Hokkaido of Japan, North Korea, Heilongjiang and Jilin in northern China , etc.

Chaga grows on trees, mostly under the bark of standing trees such as white birch, silver birch, elm, and alder , or on the dead trunks of felled trees.

Because Chaga has very strict requirements for its growing environment, it only grows in areas north of 45 degrees north latitude, all of which are in the primeval forests of high-altitude mountainous areas.

At the same time, the sunny slopes of the original deep forest are relatively dry and not suitable for the growth of Chaga, so it can generally only be collected on the dark and humid shady slopes.

If it is wild Chaga, it is difficult to collect artificially, and its quantity is very small, so the price is expensive .

Where is the best place to get Chaga?

In China, Chaga is mainly distributed in the northeast region, such as Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Changbai Mountain.

The main production area of ​​chaga in the world is Russia, with a large output. There are a large number of birch trees growing in Russia's high-altitude areas, and chaga can be found in most of the primeval forests.