Tag Archives: fungus

Uncategorized

Red Cap

Gallery 3 Comments

Red cup fungus, AKA Elf cup.

This is a new hunting ground for me, and this mushroom is new to me also. In reading up on it the Indians ground it to powder and used it to seal wounds. It’s red, the cup looks like a wound and the inside like blood, so I can believe they would use it it for that. It’s sort of an application of the rule of forms. I read enough to know its safe. So, I will dry some out and give it a side by side the next time I get some appropriate wounds. With how slick and steep the valley walls are here it will not be long.

It is still cold and the snow in the valley has not even melted yet so it came up early. Nice to see some color.

Happy hunting

Uncategorized
Gallery Leave a comment

Red cup fungus, AKA Elf cup.

This is a new hunting ground for me, and this mushroom is new to me also. In reading up on it the Indians ground it to powder and used it to seal wounds. It’s red, the cup looks like a wound and the inside like blood, so I can believe they would use it it for that. It’s sort of an application of the rule of forms. I read enough to know its safe. So, I will dry some out and give it a side by side the next time I get some appropriate wounds. With how slick and steep the valley walls are here it will not be long.

It is still cold and the snow in the valley has not even melted yet so it came up early. Nice to see some color.

Happy hunting

Uncategorized
Gallery Leave a comment

With everyone talking about viruses. I figured I would making up my winter Reshi tincture. This is stage one; adding 100 proof moon shine or vodka to your reshi.
Shake every day or so for 4 weeks. Then strain the mushroom out squeeze it to get all the alcohol out. Take the mushroom and boil hard for 2 hours in quart of water. You are going to add the tea back to your tincture so boil it down till the tea you add back takes you alcohol no lower then 25%, 30%to 35% is the target. None of this is hard so don’t over think it. Cool the tea before you add it back. Wait a couple more weeks and you have it. Take ¼ shot in the morning and evening for winter aches and pains. It also is supposed to boost your immunity. I take it from December through February and cannot remember ever getting sick, but that’s anecdotal not at all scientific. I take it for aches and pains, and winter melancholy.

Homesteading, Mycology

Reshi tincture

Gallery Leave a comment

With everyone talking about viruses. I figured I would making up my winter Reshi tincture. This is stage one; adding 100 proof moon shine or vodka to your reshi.
Shake every day or so for 4 weeks. Then strain the mushroom out squeeze it to get all the alcohol out. Take the mushroom and boil hard for 2 hours in quart of water. You are going to add the tea back to your tincture so boil it down till the tea you add back takes you alcohol no lower then 25%, 30%to 35% is the target. None of this is hard so don’t over think it. Cool the tea before you add it back. Wait a couple more weeks and you have it. Take 1/4 shot in the morning and evening for winter aches and pains. It also is supposed to boost your immunity. I take it from December through February and cannot remember ever getting sick, but that’s anecdotal not at all scientific. I take it for aches and pains, and winter melancholy.