Comments on: Piptoporus betulinus

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:34:24 +0000

Its not my place to recommend anything, I'm just summarizing published research on this website.

By: Christina Eljasz

Christina Eljasz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:58:37 +0000

My father who had developed a cancer of his bladder, HAVE DRANK PIPTOPORUS BETULINUS IN POWDER FORM WHICH HE STEEPED IN HOT, BOILING WATER AND CONSUMMED IT INSTEAD OF COFFE OR TEA EVERY DAY. AFTER 3 MONTHS HIS MEDICAL EXAMINATION PROVED, THAT HIS BLADDER HAD BEEN IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION, THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE, THAT IS AT THE ORIGINAL EXAM IN WHICH THE UROLOGIST DIAGNOSED THE MALIGNANCY GROWTH. MY FATHER HAD CONTINUED THIS TREATMENT (WHICH HE DID NOT REVEALED TO THE DOCTOR)WHICH HAD LEAD TO BETTER RESULTS AT EACH FOLLOWING medical EXAMINATIONS, UNTILL HIS BLADDER HAD CLEARED FROM THE MALIGNANCY GROWTH COMPLETELY. MY DAD PASSED AWAY TEN YEARS LATER FOR UNRELATED CAUSES.
NOW MY BROTHER HAS MYELOMA FO 7 YEARS AND NOW IT IS IN ITS FINAL STAGE. DO YOU RECOMENT THIS TREATMENT FOR HIS ILLNESS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. CHRISTINA

By: Galen

Galen — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:11:29 +0000

Grind into a fine powder, steep a small amount in hot water for an hour, drink and enjoy.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:41:41 +0000

Hello,

The second picture is actually Fomes Fomentarius and not Piptoporus Betulinus. Fomes Fomentarius is also known as Ice Man Fungus. Otzi the Ice Man did carry both but Fomes Fomentarius carries this specific trade-name. Properties are similar but they are very different.

-Nope, the second picture is really P. betulinus, I have it here in my personal herbarium. It's slightly unusual in that it has a secondary growth, which is my I saved it. Robert

By: emily

emily — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:17:01 +0000

I am in school we have been study mushrooms and this site helped me so much but i think you should use more pictures ps thank you for this amazing web site

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:31 +0000

I have heard of this being used as disinfecting agent for wounds. Also I saw a company that makes lotion from this mushroom because of this. They were at the Common Ground Fair here in Maine that is put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Grower Association. I was wondering if any one might know more about how to prepare the mushroom in order to make use of it in such a way?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:50:20 +0000

Hey - I wrote that blog entry. I would definitely recommend trying it. Make sure you choose young, soft brackets. If you let them get too old the fruiting bodies dry out and become really dry and hard. If you get them early enough the flesh will be soft and moist - much wetter than regular gilled mushrooms. If you're unsure about the quality, you can usually get the best flesh by cutting out the middle of the bracket and using the crescent shaped part from the outside edges. And, as I said in the blog, make sure to take the brown skin off, otherwise it'll taste awful. Good luck and happy eating!

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:22:04 +0000

This blog describes one fellows' recent experience with cooking and eating birch bracket. Good luck!

By: Bev & Andrew Uphill

Bev & Andrew Uphill — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:52:03 +0000

Hi, We have Birch Brackets growing on our Sliver Birch tree every year. They are white and grey looking and saucer looking in shape. We have often wondered whether we could eat them but been afraid to do so. Our Silver Birch is not dead though and still produces a good canopy. Last summer (2007) we had a Great Spotted Woodpecker bore a hole in the tree trunk, who nested there for some time but did not stay to lay its eggs. Since then (2008) the brackets have grown mushroom shape and look like a cap mushroom you would find in a supermarket but larger. We would like to try and eat them but we are still apprehensive!