Zhu Ling Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Zhu Ling (Polyporus umbellatus) is the umbrella polypore or lumpy bracket, a wood-inhabiting fungus of the family Polyporaceae, found in deciduous forests of Europe, North America and East Asia, growing at the base of oaks and beeches from a large underground sclerotium. The fruiting body is a dense cluster, up to 50 cm across, of dozens of small, round, tan to grey-brown caps 1 to 4 cm wide on branching white stems, with tiny white pores beneath. The harvested part is the sclerotium, a hard, black, lumpy mass that is white inside. We extract the dried mushroom.