I really appreciate the message at the end about overharvesting. I've worked with trees for a decade and have some Chaga growing on a small stand of aspens in my yard. I've harvested little bits here and there and have been able to keep the Chaga and the aspens alive for around 7 years.
This is an especially fun episode! I love mycology and but I hadn't heard of chaga yet. Thanks for educating me and for making it so enjoyable to learn!
Gday, i knew of it because i am into old ways of doing things as a stonemason and survivalist. it was know to me mainly for its ability to make fire easily. it is very good for starting fires mainly because one spark from a flint and steel will smolder for a long time. so you can add it to a bunch of grass or leaves to make a fire. i am also not surprised that as a mushroom it also has other uses.
In Russia, near Moscow, it is everywhere. Every second birch has a tumor. The logics of tribal healers is simple: if it looks like a tumor, it heals tumors. If it looks like a schlong, it heals schlongs, if it looks like a whole human (ginseng) it heals everything.
@@karnovtalonhawk9708 I forage chaga and other medicinals and save dead chagas and dry them and use them for bug smudge. They smell great too. Ya can't put em out without water.
When I went to Wikipedia to find out more, one of the things that caught my eye was a reference to a journal article, “Development of End Stage Renal Disease after Long-Term Ingestion of Chaga Mushroom: Case Report and Review of Literature.” So maybe not the best idea to skip discussion of safety.
awesome to finaley see this mushroom talked about even tho for the tea you are supposed to let it sit in hot water for about a hour to really make it work, my mother always talks about this mushroom and has harvested in France a ton on a camping in Fontainebleau when we were on vacation, ever since she harvests it when found but only if we are on trips and when we stumble upon it, i'll definitely share this to her xD
I've never heard of chagas, the more you know Also love that you just clever-dripped a chaga coffee milk-ish drink in the middle of the episode and I love it😂
I remember seeing these on trees before, but had no idea they are actually mushrooms. I always thought these are tree burls, which are knots and bulbs that the tree grows from its own wood.
Harvesting Chaga does not kill the organism itself. The mycelium is still inside the tree slowly consuming it. Near or after the tree’s death, the mycelium will begin to produce the mushroom (fruiting body) so that spores can be released and the organism can reproduce. Important note: Chaga harvesting does not impact the organism's ability to reproduce.
Omg the sugar gave me so much anxiety bahah. The entire time I just wanted to reach in the screen and cut the packet for Tash. This episode was really weird hahah, love it
I think one of the things we can do to avoid overexploitation is to remember that the benefits it brings are similar to other plants and compounds found around the world. For example, oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC's), some cannabinoids and other alkaloids provide the same kinds of anti-inflammatory and free radical-combatting properties. It's the hype of the market and ideology of commodification that gets us to think "THIS ONE PLANT is all we need. Let the frenzy of capitalization begin!" Diversity of sources is one of the ways we offset this trend. I often remind myself to just learn about how things work... Don't worry about the object as much as the process... and don't buy into the hype.
Great video! Always happy for anything mushroom related! Also side note, I NEED Tasha’s shirt. I love casual garments that are velvet, it’s a great contrast.
Shrooms microdosing helped me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol, I just relocated and they're so hard to come by here, I really need to buy some
Hello, it is advisable to brew Chaga mushroom for 12 hours. It should be brewed at a water temperature of 60-70 degrees. In the evening you need to prepare Chaga. Heated the water to 70 degrees. Place Chaga in a thermos and pour hot water. You can drink it in the morning. You need to drink 100 ml 3 times a day for 15 - 21 days. Then there will be a great effect.
@@jjstormwolf2865 I don't know what's best, I think 12-14 hours is enough. I do this for 12 hours and then add hot water every time it runs out. I brew Chaga 3 times like green tea.
That's fine for a hot water extraction which is the best use of the medicine but that's not tea. Tea is made like any other tea except steep slightly longer for the first run. I do both but the HWE I use for dual extract. Dry those chunks after then into the alcohol soak for a year or more. The hot water extract I also use for wood stain , lol. As can be seen on my channel in the basket video.
I love that you spoke so much about Indigenous use of the chaga in this video! And unrelated, I _love_ the outfit. Edit: _And_ the TH-cam Poop style editing.
Yeah, "human greed!" Thank you for that Tasha. I would rather die than become a part of the problem; I would get to (figuratively) keep my soul that way.
Have you done something about Fomitopsis yet? This red mushroom with the yellow ring on the rim is the most common decomposer of wood in all of europe and it is good medicine if taken correctly. It also has a nice taste, and you can boil it several times before it gets useless. This tea saved me from hospitalization and, ironically, from removal of my appendix when I got gastroenteritis. Edit: I harvested the mushroom in close vicinity to my home when it was transporting humidity from its pores. It won't work if not. I sliced it thinly. You need to do this at once before it gets wood-like in structure. Then drying the mushroom (i did it with a very low setting 35 degrees C in my convection oven. Use fan if at all possible!) Store in jars.
I love chaga especially in coffee. But always try to make sure the chaga you're using is a powder extract. It can cause a pretty upset tummy if not. And also, it being extracted makes sure you get all the benefits from the mushroom itself (:
I just got back from Quebec, and saw many of these mushrooms. Had some homemade coffee made from it with some maple syrup- amazing! It is important not to take the whole thing so that some can grow back: you can make a lot from just a little bit, anyway!
A lot of time they need very specific growing conditions. Chaga and truffles need live trees. Whole trees can be farmed of course, but they take a lot of time and land resources.
@@WingedshadowwolfI see.. but it sounds like these fungi can be grown as a "bonus" alongside a tree farm. The "very specific growing conditions" could be a problem. And I imagine if something like truffles can be mass-produced, an entire market will shift
CHAGA, like all fungi, have chitinous cell walls. Our digestive system cannot break down chitin to get to the compounds within. In order to access them, special methods must be used to optimize absorbing the MOST properties from the fungi you consume. To get the BEST EXTRACTION from chaga or other fungi, especially hard ones, use these methods: PHYSICAL: use a hammer to break down chaga into smaller usable parts. You can put it into a pillow case and then break it down, saw it into smaller cubes, etc. To break the most cell walls and get chaga to its finest size (basically dust), put it into a coffee grinder and let it go until the pieces are a fine dust. HOT WATER: You can BOIL chaga pieces and powder for several hours to extract the most compounds from it. ALCOHOL TINCTURE: Vodka of at least 40%, but as much as 96% (everclear) alcohol can be used to extract compound through the cell wall that hot water cannot access. Most serious about extracting chaga will boil it, strain and reserve the boiled liquid, reduce it by at least half, then use the remaining sifted powder to tincture it, then mix the tincture and boiled extract together. ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️THIS LAST METHOD IS ONE NOT MANY KNOW OF-EVEN SEASONED FORAGERS AND HERBALISTS:☀️☀️☀️☀️ FREEZING: If you take the chaga extract after you’ve boiled, tinctured and combined it, and then freeze it, cell walls not yet broken can expand and break open from the ice freezing within the cell walls. After you’ve done all this, you can then consume it, and have as much of the chaga compounds and properties extracted as possible for your body to access. Best!
This is actually native to where I live, I'd love to actually find one myself one day.. don't think harvest all of if I found some. Its just something I think would be really cool to find
in the subject fungus, ganoderma has been on the market for more than 10 years or so. i wonder if this could be worth for Animalogic to look into as a chaga alternative. it's been cultivated in east asia for quite some time now.
By the sounds of things, the fungus chaga is too fussy. And doesn't sound viable for commercial harvesting/farming?? Anyone care to elaborate, whether they believe can be viable or saved. Would like to know your thoughts. Cheers
According to the Wikipedia page on Chaga, growing it without the trees resulted in an inferior product missing many of the components that may be beneficial.
I really appreciate the message at the end about overharvesting. I've worked with trees for a decade and have some Chaga growing on a small stand of aspens in my yard. I've harvested little bits here and there and have been able to keep the Chaga and the aspens alive for around 7 years.
Chaga should only be used as a medicine when found on birch. Any birch. Not on aspen, hornbeam , or beech.
A cure for human greed would be the most important cure, if only there could be one
I hear ya.
The cure is a post-scarcity society. Maybe in a few millennia we'll get there.
Exactly the most important part ❤
Uh oh! someone doesn't like greedy capitalism... What would we do without it! Oh wait...
@@koutheir22if things can be made better, why not give it a shot
What a genuine human being. Every episode is plant knowledge, humor and sweetness.
Chaga, when the walls fell….
🖖❤
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
“Temba, his arms wide."
@@654wsjOh, you beat me to it.
Ooh, Tasha, her arms wide!
Tasha hit a new level of unhinged in this episode 😂🤣💀
Watch her from 4:50 to 7:00 at 1.5x speed. It’s hilarious.
And so begins a new spin off show: Drinkin' with Tasha.
Can we talk about Lichen next? I think they are so interesting 💜
Aren't lichen animals?
@@blenderbanana they are fungi and algae working together basically.
@@Vlidery13 The Aliens are right outside
@@blenderbanana and they're everywhere too 👀
This is an especially fun episode! I love mycology and but I hadn't heard of chaga yet. Thanks for educating me and for making it so enjoyable to learn!
Gday, i knew of it because i am into old ways of doing things as a stonemason and survivalist. it was know to me mainly for its ability to make fire easily. it is very good for starting fires mainly because one spark from a flint and steel will smolder for a long time. so you can add it to a bunch of grass or leaves to make a fire.
i am also not surprised that as a mushroom it also has other uses.
In Russia, near Moscow, it is everywhere. Every second birch has a tumor. The logics of tribal healers is simple: if it looks like a tumor, it heals tumors. If it looks like a schlong, it heals schlongs, if it looks like a whole human (ginseng) it heals everything.
@@karnovtalonhawk9708 I forage chaga and other medicinals and save dead chagas and dry them and use them for bug smudge. They smell great too. Ya can't put em out without water.
When I went to Wikipedia to find out more, one of the things that caught my eye was a reference to a journal article, “Development of End Stage Renal Disease after Long-Term Ingestion of Chaga Mushroom: Case Report and Review of Literature.” So maybe not the best idea to skip discussion of safety.
I know someone who got kidney stones from chaga
@@AnthonyCheeChue painful! Were they able to reverse the condition by stopping the chaga?
@@roxyiconoclast yes I'm not sure what the treatment was called but he was in severe pain for 2+ weeks as he was passing the kidney stones.
Osmanthus would be really appropriate to do for fall next year. It's one of my favourite flowers and it's associated with fall.
if we're doing fungi, how about an episode on puffballs?
awesome to finaley see this mushroom talked about even tho for the tea you are supposed to let it sit in hot water for about a hour to really make it work, my mother always talks about this mushroom and has harvested in France a ton on a camping in Fontainebleau when we were on vacation, ever since she harvests it when found but only if we are on trips and when we stumble upon it, i'll definitely share this to her xD
Just finished binging David Attenborough’s our Planet and Our Planet 2. Now, onto Animallogic
And our great national parks it’s narrated by Obama on netflix!
How about some really weird cold climate succulents next?
That actually sounds awesome!
That is what LACK of coffee does to me xD
I've never heard of chagas, the more you know
Also love that you just clever-dripped a chaga coffee milk-ish drink in the middle of the episode and I love it😂
I remember seeing these on trees before, but had no idea they are actually mushrooms. I always thought these are tree burls, which are knots and bulbs that the tree grows from its own wood.
Me: Oh nice! I have some Chaga growing on the birch trees right next to my bay windows.
Me a few minutes in: Damn it!
They should make it into bubble gum. I can hear the commercial now: "Chaga chaga, Chaga chaga, CHEW CHEW!"
Harvesting Chaga does not kill the organism itself. The mycelium is still inside the tree slowly consuming it. Near or after the tree’s death, the mycelium will begin to produce the mushroom (fruiting body) so that spores can be released and the organism can reproduce.
Important note: Chaga harvesting does not impact the organism's ability to reproduce.
your filming location is greening up nicely
This episode gave me major Tim and Eric vibes
You say stevia is your sweetner of choice, but have you done a floralogic on Stevia?
This would be cool. I'd be curious if she has any stats on people being unable to taste stevia - my mom can't.
The Stevia edit had me cracking up and wondering if Tim and Eric have started working at Animalogic.
Omg the sugar gave me so much anxiety bahah. The entire time I just wanted to reach in the screen and cut the packet for Tash. This episode was really weird hahah, love it
I think one of the things we can do to avoid overexploitation is to remember that the benefits it brings are similar to other plants and compounds found around the world. For example, oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC's), some cannabinoids and other alkaloids provide the same kinds of anti-inflammatory and free radical-combatting properties.
It's the hype of the market and ideology of commodification that gets us to think "THIS ONE PLANT is all we need. Let the frenzy of capitalization begin!"
Diversity of sources is one of the ways we offset this trend.
I often remind myself to just learn about how things work... Don't worry about the object as much as the process... and don't buy into the hype.
Electric car owners who think theyre saving the world 😂
Many mushrooms provide anti-inflamatory properties. Some are quite tasty.
Great video! Always happy for anything mushroom related!
Also side note, I NEED Tasha’s shirt. I love casual garments that are velvet, it’s a great contrast.
This channel exceeds my expectations when it comes to animal biology content. Thank you ❤️
Mushrooms actually closer to animal rather than a plant
Great for a grow room.
- Tasha went wild in this episode 😂.
this has been the most amazing episode yet. so informative and funny 🤣👌🏼
Tasha is just so charming.
I wonder if I've seen this while hiking? I probably have, but just assumed it was part of the tree itself.
wait but i LOVE that button up😭it’s beautiful
This was the most fun episode I have seen yet and one of the most informative ones too!✌💚
Okay, the coffee crazy montage was funny and kinda hit close to home.
Shrooms microdosing helped me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol, I just relocated and they're so hard to come by here, I really need to buy some
Hello, it is advisable to brew Chaga mushroom for 12 hours. It should be brewed at a water temperature of 60-70 degrees.
In the evening you need to prepare Chaga. Heated the water to 70 degrees. Place Chaga in a thermos and pour hot water. You can drink it in the morning. You need to drink 100 ml 3 times a day for 15 - 21 days. Then there will be a great effect.
I'll try it! But I think 72 hours is best
@@jjstormwolf2865 I don't know what's best, I think 12-14 hours is enough. I do this for 12 hours and then add hot water every time it runs out. I brew Chaga 3 times like green tea.
That's fine for a hot water extraction which is the best use of the medicine but that's not tea. Tea is made like any other tea except steep slightly longer for the first run. I do both but the HWE I use for dual extract. Dry those chunks after then into the alcohol soak for a year or more. The hot water extract I also use for wood stain , lol. As can be seen on my channel in the basket video.
I love this episode's editing, so funny. entertaining and educating
I love that you spoke so much about Indigenous use of the chaga in this video! And unrelated, I _love_ the outfit.
Edit: _And_ the TH-cam Poop style editing.
Yeah, "human greed!" Thank you for that Tasha. I would rather die than become a part of the problem; I would get to (figuratively) keep my soul that way.
Please talk about phantom orchids next!
I've seen some of these on the birch and quaking aspen on our property in the Madawaska Valley...
Have you done something about Fomitopsis yet? This red mushroom with the yellow ring on the rim is the most common decomposer of wood in all of europe and it is good medicine if taken correctly. It also has a nice taste, and you can boil it several times before it gets useless. This tea saved me from hospitalization and, ironically, from removal of my appendix when I got gastroenteritis.
Edit: I harvested the mushroom in close vicinity to my home when it was transporting humidity from its pores. It won't work if not. I sliced it thinly. You need to do this at once before it gets wood-like in structure. Then drying the mushroom (i did it with a very low setting 35 degrees C in my convection oven. Use fan if at all possible!) Store in jars.
In Finland, they make holes in birch trees and insert chaga pieces or spores, which grow to new chaga.
I love chaga especially in coffee. But always try to make sure the chaga you're using is a powder extract. It can cause a pretty upset tummy if not. And also, it being extracted makes sure you get all the benefits from the mushroom itself (:
I just got back from Quebec, and saw many of these mushrooms. Had some homemade coffee made from it with some maple syrup- amazing! It is important not to take the whole thing so that some can grow back: you can make a lot from just a little bit, anyway!
Racially ambiguous Florence Pugh
Great video! Informative and fun. Can do one about the Balsa wood tree?
Haha :D I love the educational content and appreciated the funny editing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
these sound effect are making my brain itch… y’all found some good ones
The cure for greed is the same as for stupidity only death works.
Who made the choice to edit the tea making like a TH-campoop?? 💀💀💀
What are the difficulties of "farming" fungus on a large scale?
I heard this is also a problem for truffle, which needs to be harvested in the wild
A lot of time they need very specific growing conditions. Chaga and truffles need live trees. Whole trees can be farmed of course, but they take a lot of time and land resources.
@@WingedshadowwolfI see.. but it sounds like these fungi can be grown as a "bonus" alongside a tree farm. The "very specific growing conditions" could be a problem.
And I imagine if something like truffles can be mass-produced, an entire market will shift
Great episode!! Could you do an episode on the bleeding tooth fungus? Would love to learn about it 😊
Say one thing about Logen Ninefingers, say he likes to smoke a bowl of chaga now and then...
The Bloody Nine 👍🏼
Wow! Learned something new today! Never heard of Chaga where would you find the real Chaga Mushroom
This is relatively common here in the BC Interior. Speaking of which, do Freedom Caps.
It's just too awesome for us and I wish we had a fantastic way to harvest the plant worldwide. ❣️
"They're attacking the city!"
"No worries, just give Tasha a bunch of coffee and set her loose."
I grew up a lil south of the Yosemite area and this stuff is EVERYWHERE
Never heard of it, but now I know I got to save it.
that straining jug looked so wrong yet I need one.
This video is just peak Tasha! ♥
Awesome. This video is great. Thanks
Saw this on the bottom a big tree as a kid. My cousins told me it was from a skunk spraying it. 😂 we had no idea what it really was.
This lady is funny as hell 😂 loving you Queen 👑😂💜
😍yummy, also the Chaga looks tasty.
"It's not going to make me a crazy person like coffee does." OK, now I know.
that coffe bit is hilarious 😆
CHAGA, like all fungi, have chitinous cell walls.
Our digestive system cannot break down chitin to get to the compounds within.
In order to access them, special methods must be used to optimize absorbing the MOST properties from the fungi you consume.
To get the BEST EXTRACTION from chaga or other fungi, especially hard ones, use these methods:
PHYSICAL: use a hammer to break down chaga into smaller usable parts.
You can put it into a pillow case and then break it down, saw it into smaller cubes, etc.
To break the most cell walls and get chaga to its finest size (basically dust), put it into a coffee grinder and let it go until the pieces are a fine dust.
HOT WATER: You can BOIL chaga pieces and powder for several hours to extract the most compounds from it.
ALCOHOL TINCTURE: Vodka of at least 40%, but as much as 96% (everclear) alcohol can be used to extract compound through the cell wall that hot water cannot access.
Most serious about extracting chaga will boil it, strain and reserve the boiled liquid, reduce it by at least half, then use the remaining sifted powder to tincture it, then mix the tincture and boiled extract together.
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️THIS LAST METHOD IS ONE NOT MANY KNOW OF-EVEN SEASONED FORAGERS AND HERBALISTS:☀️☀️☀️☀️
FREEZING: If you take the chaga extract after you’ve boiled, tinctured and combined it, and then freeze it, cell walls not yet broken can expand and break open from the ice freezing within the cell walls.
After you’ve done all this, you can then consume it, and have as much of the chaga compounds and properties extracted as possible for your body to access.
Best!
Chaga, Chaga ,Chaga along 😁
Chaga-chaga-chaga-chaga-chaga-chaga-chaga-chaga-CHOOOO-CHOOOO!
Wait, this is Animalogic not Trainlogic.
4:59 "chemicals up in my blood"
Tasha The Amazon
I’m looking for Chaga every time I go hiking now
I have been wondering what that mass is eating trees here! I had NO IDEA it was a fungus!! Very cool!
And I live in Arkansas 😲
This is actually native to where I live, I'd love to actually find one myself one day.. don't think harvest all of if I found some. Its just something I think would be really cool to find
Wait ?
I live in Alaska and have chaga on my 5 acres. When is the best time to harvest chaga.?
its slow growth rate and specific ecology also means that they are very unlikely to be domesticated
Is this related in any way to Chagas' Disease? (Probably not)
Can you talk about other medicinal functional mushrooms and fungi? Such as turkey tail? mitake, shitake, lions mane, reishi, cordiceps.
Also, where did you get that amazing brewer?
- 1:09 So because I am not a member, but I've been a subscriber for over 6 years doesn't count? I never get a reply. I love your channel though. 😢
They are amazing as kindling.
How about mistletoe? Since Christmas is almost here.
Ya sure no coffee was involved in this episode 🤔🤣?💚
i just wonder, why did you guys not put awesome plant drawings on this Floralogic show too? it is a good idea right haha
- This girl is too funny 😁.
As someone who hates eating mushrooms… I see this as an absolute win.
Have you ever had pan-fried lionsmane? You might change your mind. It's a super mushroom too.
@@timothylongmore7325 does it leave a weird mushroom taste like all the others?
An episode i can call my favourite
I wear a chuga neck lace ( like Otzi the Iceman) and dry mushrooms and breathe their healthy molecules
i wood have made a 'Chaga; when the tree fell' joke but i guess there wasn't mushroom for it.
Thanks 👍
Tasha is Amazin.
in the subject fungus, ganoderma has been on the market for more than 10 years or so. i wonder if this could be worth for Animalogic to look into as a chaga alternative. it's been cultivated in east asia for quite some time now.
which ganoderma are you refering to. There's about a gazillion. Buy yeah there are some great contenders in the ganoderma family.
@@timothylongmore7325 most ive heard from are lucidum, lingzhi among other things
By the sounds of things, the fungus chaga is too fussy. And doesn't sound viable for commercial harvesting/farming??
Anyone care to elaborate, whether they believe can be viable or saved. Would like to know your thoughts. Cheers
According to the Wikipedia page on Chaga, growing it without the trees resulted in an inferior product missing many of the components that may be beneficial.
so can you just gather half of it and the other half stays on the tree?
yes. I harvest most but not to close to the tree. I saw off high ones.
More mushroomssss! Love fungilogic
Damn Tasha you're the best!
Yes it's very good that's why we live so long in Liberia, chaga have a lot of health benefits ❤