CHAGA - The GOLD of the WOODS in Pennsylvania
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- Chaga foraging in Pennsylvania - Gold of the Woods
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Today I visit my hometown of Hazleton Pennsylvania and look for Gold of the woods otherwise knows as CHAGA a medicinal fungus that grows on trees
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What's your favorite thing to forage, and in what location?
Raspberry ( black an red ) make pie like blue berrys an raspberry pie 2\3 blue berry and other 3rd red raspberry
Or make wine should be legal in every state but cali but what isnt messed up there lolzzzzz
Just dont put the mash in the still drain liquid an chill an drink should be 10-18%
Do four leaf clovers count as foraging? I will hunt for those anywhere (even if I look like a crazy person).🍀
hi Shane this is Jörg writing...i am actually living at pretty rich island Sylt in Germany... following: in 2012 someone (Daniel Wendt) found a pretty big 10 gram Elektrolyt Goldpiece loaded with silicates and bullshit but listen... it seems to be the biggest find in the last few hundred years in Germany. university of Hamburg got in 2017 clearly analized that the Find was true and wandered in 114kYears from Kongsberg norway(there is a huge mine) with the water beneath the great icepiece layin on SChleswig Holstein, down here... lets get this clear... how much gold is here lol .....Sidewalksnipping lets fuck up street of Antwerp ...Busticket is about 50 € from here ... i am living next to airport GWT ...so you are welcome
That's a hard one. I forage year round from plants berries and mushrooms.
It's great just hiking and gathering some edibles along the way makes it even more memorable.
Cleaning the cracks of New York sidewalks to Chaga from Birch trees in Pennsylvania. Love the mix of content you share Shane. Cheers
It's just what I do, thanks glad ya enjoyed it 👍⛏
I was thinking the same thing
Chaga is boiled like tea. Take a small chunk and just boil it and drink. You can also grind dry chaga and brew it and mix with your coffee.
I love birch trees, especially in the fall. 🍂 That earth star fungus thing was super cool.
Yeah I’ve never seen or heard of that star mushroom it was pretty cool
Wow, I had no idea!
Chaga is believed to have potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, making it a potential alternative remedy for things like arthritis and high blood pressure. It may also help lower blood sugar and even slow the progression of cancer cells. Chaga may also help: Ease inflammation.
Thanks!
Don’t take if you have bleeding disorder or open wound
@@baldemarcabrera790 Aspirin either.....come on now, you're NOT going to bleed out if one has aspirin or chaga in their system.....stop it !!
@@shanghunter7697 Im anemic, so bleeding is a problem for me. Even Goggle says not to use Chaga if you have a bleeding disorder.
Funny I just harvested Chaga and several other mushrooms next door in Ohio today. Mycology is a great subject with amazing health and nutritional benefits. Thanks for the video.
Found what I believe to be a Chaga up in Ashtabula County today when I was up there, left it be. The tree looks like a cottonwood and I'm not sure if it's a Chaga friendly Birch relative. Mycology is indeed fun, but it's always a battle against the furry little forest critters to get to the Chanterelles, Boletes and Hen of the Woods before they do.
Thank you for this great lesson of nature. I live in the Northeast and will begin looking.
Forgot to mention it only occurs on average one and 20,000 birch trees. Bring a lunch and a drink 👍
I Learned Something!! THanks Shane!! Morels in PA!! Cheers JJ Ps TO Many Dang TICKS!
7:00 That is the most amazing looking mushroom, the earth Star mushroom.
Ooga Chaga, Ooga-Ooga I can't stop this feeling... 😂
That stuff looks good . I miss my Grandparents pecan trees in North Carolina.
Chaga is a super food.
You can drink it every day without concern.
One thing to keep in mind is to never take more than a third of the growth. If you take it all, it may never recover.
You can drink it everyday but not more than 4oz as it can put pressure on your kidneys.
this^. that first small one in the video is a great example of the wrong manner of harvesting.... i went looking for some recently and whoever was there before practicly destroyed every last one they harvested
It dries my mouth out.
@@MV-bj1yk like Redwine it has alot of tannins
@@lucifchristo that one was small and looked dead to me. Tree probably shed it.
I have birch all around me and now I know thanks to your video and a quick Google search, now I know what it is and what it's good for.
Thanks 🙈🙉🙊
That stuff grows on just about every birch tree up here in Maine !
They say on average is one in every 5000 trees however there are many things that are look-alikes but not actual Chaga
@@Klesh That could be the case , but it’s interesting that I just saw a story in my local paper about how Chaga is on the verge of becoming a multi million dollar industry here in Maine , I just saw that article about a day ago and then just happened across your video so I had to watch it !
All aboard the Chaga train . Chaga Chaga Chaga choo choo
Never heard of that untill this vid. Thank you Shane:) I have learned so many cool things from you.
i live in Pa in northwestern part around the Allegheny national forest/Seneca area and have most of my life. never knew about that kind of fungus. we did as kids go out and dig up wild blueberry bushes and transplanted them in rows. i'll have to look the next time i'm in the woods. almost forgot. we have ginseng as well.
Ahhh ginseng, yes we sure do have it. Northern pa ginseng and n.y. ginseng are second to none. Awesome quality roots, i sell two to four prized roots every yr. One was 140 yrs old and the other 155 (aprox) Received 2,200 for the one and 2,500 for the other. Happy holidays to you and yours Joe muzzleloader. Love my .50 cal hawkens
@@shanghunter7697 can't forget the Muzzy broadheads. Happy holidays. that's some good money you got for them.
@@joemuzzy456 Oh yes, i used to shoot the muzzy b.h. back in the day and yes sir i did very good on the sale every yr. Again i only sell two to 4 roots a yr not into it for the money at all !! The family and friends all enjoy eating it. Very best wishes Joe.
As you said you can make tea with it but it's a favourite with bushcrafty/self reliance/survivalists types as a natural tinder. It is good to catch a spark in powder form or to carry an ember over a distance or as an ember extender to blow into a flame from within a "birds nest" there's a 1000 videos on these subjects but cool seeing it harvested.
Great medicine for sure
Dude man glad to see your still making vids!! Worried there for awhile!
Yep every week for the past 5 years
Bro, your 100% cool 😎 😎 love your content! thanks.
I seen a Birch polypore in the video, has very similar medicinal properties as Chaga.
Cool!
It also grows in New Zealand, near the Southern Alps
Great video. I'm a new subscriber. I grew up in NEPA but haven't been back in years. So great to be able to virtually walk around the woods like I did as a kid. One thing about chaga to be careful of - has very high concentration of oxalates... which if over-consumed can help to form kidney stones. Consume in moderation.
Still love Tasmanian wild field mushies fried in butter and garlic…yummo
I find it on my property in Minnesota.
Chunks the size of softballs.
Very abundant here.
I have 40 acres in Northern Wisconsin. Have Chagall every where. Been watching them grow. I'm hoping to strap on the snow shoes and go get some. A few are the size of ice cream pails!
Few can comprehend how common it actually is.Northern Wisconsin commercial forests are a mushroomers dream for all edible mushrooms.
@@davidkresl2195 Well, you DID have a lot in northern Wisconsin, once certain folks see your comment....THEY WILL raid N.W. and take everything they can ! We should all be CAREFUL what we tell others, just saying !
@@shanghunter7697 You all act like this stuff is rare, endangered, mythical or non renewable. What happens to Chaga when it's clear cut? Logging is my county's number one industry in north east Wisconsin, and I could fill a truck bed full of this stuff in a weekend. 20# chunks are the norm . I spent the summer in Alaska,and it is way more common up there with many 20-50# specimens.like Greg stated,it is everywhere.
Great video! I find Chaga here in Washington
Up at my cottage on a lake, the surrounding forest is absolutely packed with large to very large chaga growths (compared to this vid). Almost every tree for miles around will have a few good chunks.
Because of its nature when you find one there will usually be more in the vicinity.
Liked it,I'm going to research chaga to see if we have it in my area.
If you have birch trees and a cold climate in the winter you have it
I work in logging in north east pa/south West ny and never knew about this stuff. Time to go hunting and hopefully make a few extra bucks
Nice that star mushroom was cool
I love my chaga tea. Good for my immunity system apparently. I like it for the taste. No chaga in Oz so I have to import it.
I have cut down a lot of birch trees and noticed that formation on it and never gave it much thought.I've must have came across thousands of $$ worth and just burnt it!
Great informative video. I never knew that stuff existed.
oooga oooga oooga chaga...
I'm actually from central pa in york never thought I'd see a video of you in pa
Yep I grew up in PA
Hey, you're in my neck of the woods. Good luck to you, enjoy Pa.
Seeing him swinging that hatchet close to his hand gave me a bit of anxiety😅
Tis only a flesh wound.🤣
Tis only a flesh wound.
I buy the chaga tea bags at the health food store ..wild berry natural foods in Minocqua Wisconsin sells tea concentrate in canning jars ..
greetings from the pocono's ;)
Hey Shane nice to see a fellow Pennsylvanian on here. I thought yr video was very interesting an informative. I'm from the south central part well maybe a bit more west. But I like yr video an will subscribe for more. So ty for the educational video. An have a merry Christmas my friend.
White birch, black birch, paper birch. Never called it gray or sweet. Live in the Poconos all of my life.
I always called it white birch as well. However, after doing some dendrology studies I thought I'd call it by its true genus
I'm up to 6 lbs harvested this winter up here in Alaska 🤙
Never heard of this till this vid interesting Gotta love the sidewalk sniping vids tho LOL Great work. New Subscriber!!!
@TEXT-PRIZE1 Hey Shane Fantastic Christmas gift sounds nice lol
@TEXT-PRIZE1 Hey Shane Fantastic Christmas gift sounds nice lol
I live in west central Wisconsin l have to show this to my brother and a logger friend that believe birch trees are of no value I don't know I tag alder is related to what you mention as a sweet birch very interesting Gerald
Matsatake mushrooms...central oregon!! And of course gold in southern oregon. Thanks for the vid Shane my family and I love em!!
Wow! PA is beautiful when you get away from the fentanyl zombies and uncle festers!
Thanks for the video. I've got a few acres in MD. Hoping to find some "gold" here.
NW PA here, gray birch everywhere. I so want to go out and see if I can find any. I'm down in one of the valleys, so we've got streams/ponds/marshes galore.
I wonder how many times I've looked right at Chaga and had no clue what I was seeing.
You're going for the Senior Woodchuck knowledge of the forest.
But how do you use it? How much at a time? This was interesting!
The most common way is to just boil a chunk in water and drink the water. The chunk can be re-used again and again until the water stops turning brown. Personally I grind it like coffee and add it to my coffee grounds when brewing my coffee.
Thanks!
I make tea from chaga
I boil a chunk to make a sort of tea. It has an almost vanilla like taste, but very light. You can keep using the same chunk as the tea gets weaker and then replace it with a fresh piece when you stop getting the level of flavor as the first pots. Just put it right in the kettle with the water and add more water for the next use. If you are going to stop drinking it for a while, pull it out and set it to dry to avoid anything growing on it.
Had a bunch of birch trees around Sw Pa that got killed of by some beetle. Pretty much all of them.
Down the rabbit hole i go i live in NH an my mom in ME 30 min away
In my neck of the woods , I live in Pocono’s
Interesting subject. I only know a couple of people who know anything about Chaga
Chaga, chaga, chaga, chaga, woooo, woooo.🚂🚃🚃🚌
I drink my Chaga tea everyday 😋
Me to
@@larrygraham5721 I buy my chaga here in British Columbia ... The fellow I buy from only harvests chaga in winter time
Sounds like you're in the Pottsville/Hazelton/Scranton area. Didn't realize that Chaga grew in PA. Thanks for the information.
Try permethrin spray for your clothes should take care of the ticks or any other insects
Hey Klesh commented on one of your other PA videos about when your in PA about prospecting and metal detecting in York county little town of seven valleys. Been busy with holidays and being a first responder but anyway lost your contact would love to chat about pa some and get some pointers from you trying to get the kids into it to get outside more. Would love to hear back bud and as always great vidoes
Hey there, I've got over 500 treasure hunting videos on this channel so you're in the right place!
Silver , Red , White ,& Paper Birch is what we call them . Would it grow on Beech trees also ?
Nice video!
Need more info , do you have to clean it, do you put it in hot tea, show how to do it, thankyou, never knew about chaga
Yep, dry it out and brew like i mention in the video, just like tea.
Good old NEPA.
I live in this area and never heard of it
First time hearing of this..
Chaga mushroom 🥹
I am pretty sure i ahve either blueberry busshes that have grown crazy out of control or they are grape vines that have done the same. Super old farm in Sw Pa i would love to find out what they are exactly so i can do something with them. Ive never put em in my mouth or squeezed one to smell it. Maybe next year.
I live in Dingmans Ferry Pennsylvania that stuff's all over the place
In Alaska....we get "punk" off of these trees and mix the ashes with our snuff or chew
Liked and subscribed, Pa.
I’ve got a 2 lb chunk at home on my fridge. Had it for years don’t know what to do with it lol 😂
Pretty sure I've seen this on berch trees in Vermont quite often
Im on my way chaga hunting.. thanks bud..
We are the 42!
Great video! I use chaga regularly and it's one wild edible that I can say for certain does wonders. It is gold no doubt! My supply is getting low. I need to get back out there. Gained a sub from me 👍
This was cool but it would have been nice of he would have explained what it was how to use it and how much. If you make a video for others so they can learn please share more info.
Sorry didn't get into much detail about that, but you just boil a few chunks in water and drink it like tea. The chunks can be reboiled a few times until the water doesn't turn red/brown anymore
Is this the ka-chaga being pushed?
My Dad was in Newspaper for largest GriffA Sheep’s head Mushroom- the thing was Bigger than the Wheelbarrow
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So... Now I know.. I saw only one other " Earth Star Mushroom ". Ever... It was growing under a huge red oak tree. There were other smaller scrub trees around, but it was close to the base of a red oak tree. I had never seen one before. I always wondered what it was.. Now I know...
Yeah they are pretty abundant there in the Coal region. They like the 'soil' if you can call it that
Oregon Washington state has it
Was turkey tail , big medicine too
Turkey tail is way underrated, I used to pass it up when I seen it. Now I know how powerful it is.
@@shaun2222 same here , big pharma just made some synthetic form of it for breast cancer, pretty sure
Only use Chaga from Birch. Don't use any lookalikes
You should do a geode mining video
My IOWA episode certainly will be
Good to go??? What do you use it for & how you did not explain.😕
I did mention in the video I brew it with my coffee every morning after drying it out, possible you missed it
You aren't really removing the Chaga from the tree since, as a fungus, it extends its hyphae into the tree itself. The Chaga will grow back over time and eventually kill the tree.
I would say your around the Hazelton Area. The whole area is nothing but white birch.
*Gray birch technically. But yes, very near Hazleton
Can be harvested anytime of the year? I've seen this all over birch trees looking for other mushrooms. I have serious joint problems it's time to mix with my cannabis tea
Yeah but best to harvest in winter
@@Klesh
Really so now is the best time to go chip them off? I live in NewJersey near p lol entry of lakes, streams and creeks that does have Birch because I took be a friend out who was picking some other mushrooms but it definitely wasn't Chaga. So Chaga looks like a burly know that's actually a growth and the Birch is it's host. It will have that distinct orange color on the inside? Being it's not bad out today my buddy and I were headed out there to metal detect a few Colonial site foundations so I'm going to see if I can't find some today when we're out there. This is good to know. I can probably Google search how to process it and how to make the tea. I do remember someone once asking me to keep my eye out for Chaga a few years ago but I never looked in to it. I will now
Will anthracite burn as is or does it have to be processed?
It'll burn nice and hot. Google Centralia, PA
Im from and live in Schuylkill County where were you in the video?
By Freeland
@@Klesh nice dude
If that is a fungus does it kill the trees?
Nope, it doesn't kill the tree.
No trespassing I am certain.
Is there a market for Chaga, what’s the dollar value?
I’ve never seen anyone harvest this in my area. I’m on the east coast in Canada, there’s an abundance of it here.
Yep, check eBay for current prices 👍
Can you smoke it😂😂😂😂
Probably, but I can't recommend it
What is the shelf life of chaga after it's been harvested? Will it lose potency over time? Thanks
I've had chunks for a few years that started perfect 👍
@@Klesh Thanks again!!
Is this in duryea pa? Maybe Tunkhannock? I’m from Pittston.
Hazleton area
Of this chaga, do you consume all of what you've harvested, or just the orange-beige portion?
Do you grind it into a powder?
The dark part (from what I've read) contains most of the "good" stuff. I just boil a chunk in water and use that "tea" to brew my coffee. You can also grind it and brew it