Identification of Mulberry and Phellinus igniarius

Mulberry and Phellinus igniarius can be distinguished by watching and tasting.

1, look

Observe its appearance color. If the color is black or dark brown, it is not the appearance of ancient Phellinus igniarius described in Compendium of Materia Medica. The appearance is positive and negative, the direction of annual rings is regular, and the yellow side has Phnom Penh or yellow. Look at the mycelium. Mulberry yellow meat has regular silk lines and beef is silky.

Step 2 taste

First of all, it should be noted that many wild miscellaneous trees grow in the wild and are easily polluted by miscellaneous bacteria. Wash it repeatedly before tasting, pour out the water for the first time and boil it for the second time before taking it.

Phellinus igniarius has no peculiar smell or miscellaneous taste. If the taste is pungent, pungent, difficult to swallow, complicated, etc., it may be wild mixed tree yellow, not authentic Phellinus igniarius.

mulberry

Mulberry is a deciduous tree or shrub with rich milk and yellowish brown bark. The leaves are ovoid to broadly ovoid, sharp, with round or shallow heart-shaped base, rough serrated edges and sometimes irregular division; Flowers are unisexual, axillary or born in axillary bud scales, flowering in May and fruit ripening in June-July. I like light, I am slightly tolerant of shade when I was young, I like warm and humid climate, and I am resistant to drought, water and humidity.

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