Private forester Craig Birch said officials first noticed the canker about eight years ago at Beaver Brook Association, a nonprofit in Hollis, that operates a 2,000-acre nature reserve that is ope ...

Chaga is also known by other names, such as black mass, clinker polypore, birch canker polypore, cinder conk and the sterile conk trunk rot (of birch). Chaga produces a woody growth, or conk ...

Sap also can be visible on the bark, and the tree's crown may be thin.Private forester Craig Birch said officials first noticed the canker about eight years ago at Beaver Brook Association ...

If you love camping or have been backpacking in the backcountry, then you know that building the perfect campfire is just as much an art form as a necessary survival skill -- and there are a few ...

utm_source=GNW Black mass, clinker polypore, birch canker polypore, cinder conk, and sterile conk trunk rot are other names for chaga (of birch). Conks, or woody growths, produced by chaga are ...