Well, I found a few deer tracks but not rubs or scrapes in a new area. On the way back to my truck, I found a few new birch polypores, a mushroom like fungus growing on dead birch trees.  As a kid, I called them steak mushrooms. They are easy to identify correctly as they have no look alikes.

As it turns out humans have been using birch polypores across Europe and North America as medicine for centuries. Most famously, Otzi the Iceman of 3300 BC used polypores for whipworms he had in his gut and carried pieces of the polypore on his necklace. One species for medicine and the other for firemaking called a tinder fungus.

They look like a radial fan growing on dead birch trees. A tawny brown color, like deer fur color on top and white on the bottom.

The birch polypore is a wonder of nature. It is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory etc.. And when fresh and sliced thin can be a bandaid applied to a cut or scrape it can aid in healing minor wounds. As a tea it has several medicinal qualities.

https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/birch-polypore.html

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