Inonotus obliquus

Inonotus Obliquus
Mycological characteristics
Inonotus Obliquus Mycological characteristics
	Smooth hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is choice

Inonotus obliquus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus:	Inonotus
Species:	I. obliquus
Binomial name
	Inonotus obliquus; (Ach. ex Pers.) Pilát (1942)
Synonyms
	Boletus obliquus Ach. ex Pers. (1801); Polyporus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Fr. (1821); Physisporus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Chevall. (1826); Poria obliqua (Ach. ex Pers.) P.Karst. (1881); Fomes obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Cooke (1885); Phaeoporus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) J.Schröt. (1888); Mucronoporus obliqua (Ach. ex Pers.) Ellis & Everh. (1889); Scindalma obliquum (Ach. ex Pers.) Kuntze (1898); Phellinus obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Pat. (1900); Xanthochrous obliquus (Ach. ex Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin (1928); Fuscoporia obliqua (Ach. ex Pers.) Aoshima (1951)

Inonotus obliquus, commonly called chaga (/ˈtʃɑːɡə/; a Latinisation of the Russian word чага), is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is parasitic on birch and other trees. The sterile conk is irregularly formed and resembles burnt charcoal. It is not the fruiting body of the fungus, but a sclerotium or mass of mycelium, mostly black because of a great amount of melanin. Some people consider chaga medicinal.

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