National Museum of Natural Science

Commonly referred to as chaga mushroom, this well-known medicinal mushroom mainly grows on the trunks of birch trees in cold temperate zones in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. The sclerotium has medicinal uses, such as breast cancer, liver cancer, uterine cancer, gastric cancer and high blood pressure prophylaxis. It also inhibits cold viruses and HIV.

Inonotus obliquus