Sometimes known as the 'King of the Mushrooms', the Chaga or Inonotus obliquus fungus has been used traditionally for many years. Though ugly in appearance, the Chaga mushroom is gaining popularity in the Western world for its potential health benefits. - This mushroom, which is technically known as a canker ( a hardened mass of woody tissue) grows on birch trees from which it draws precursor compounds from to create inotodiol, and trametenolic and betulinic acids. - Specifications:Product Name: Organic Chaga Mushroom Powder - Botanical Name: Inonotus Obliquus - Plant Type: Fungus/ Mushroom - Non GMOOrganic - Package Includes - Organic Chaga Mushroom Powder in resealable bucket.DisclaimerPlease consult your health care practitioner. - These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. - These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Therapeutic is defined by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as:preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons or animals; orinfluencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons or animals; ortesting the susceptibility of persons or animals to a disease or ailment; orinfluencing, controlling or preventing conception in persons; ortesting for pregnancy in persons; orthe replacement or modification of parts of the anatomy in persons or animals.