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Someone else can probably fill you in on this better and I may be wrong, but I believe chaga needs to be found on a live birch to be good. Once the tree dies after so long it begins to lose its potentcy . I have found many good pieces on silver birch, I think lol. It makes a good tea, reminds me of birch beer .

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It is reported that the best quality chaga is found on living birch. Here in PA I find it exclusively on yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis). In some areas, mainly north of here, chaga is found on paper birch (Betula papyrifera).

Exploring a new area in NE PA yesterday, I collected about 8 pounds from two different trees.

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You lucky dog, Dave. Not much yellow birch near me here in SE Michigan. Tons of paper birch though. I thought I found the mother load yesterday but after a 15-20 foot climb, it was just an old, gnarly branch break. It was a smaller birch grove that I recently discovered so I'm not discouraged. It's out there, just have to look harder.

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