ʻO ka lāʻau birch (Fomitopsis betulina)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Polyporales (Polypore)
- ʻOhana: Fomitopsidaceae (Fomitopsis)
- ʻAno: Fomitopsis (Fomitopsis)
- Type: ʻO Fomitopsis betulina (Trutovik birch)
- Piptoporus betulinus
- Pipptoporus birch
- huaʻai birch
Birch polypore, a Fomitopsis betulina, i kapa ʻia ʻo colloquially huaʻai birch, he haʻu lāʻau. ʻO ka pinepine, ulu hoʻokahi a ma nā pūʻulu liʻiliʻi ma luna o nā lāʻau birch make, palaho, a me nā lāʻau birch ola a maʻi a make. ʻO ka haʻuki, aia a ulu aʻe i loko o ke kumu lāʻau, e ulu wikiwiki ana ka pala ʻulaʻula i loko o ka lāʻau. Hoʻopau ikaika ʻia ka lāʻau ma lalo o ka mana o ka fungus tinder, e lilo i lepo.
ʻAʻohe kumu o ke kino mushroom hua sessile a he ʻano reniform palahalaha. Hiki ke anawaena he iwakālua kenimika.
ʻO nā kino hua o ka fungus he mau makahiki. Hōʻike lākou i ka hopena o ke kauwela i ka pae hope o ka pala o ka lāʻau. I loko o ka makahiki, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā haʻuki make ma luna o nā lāʻau birch. ʻO ka pulp o nā halo i ʻōlelo ʻia he ʻala ʻala.
He mea maʻamau ka haʻuki ma nā wahi a pau e ʻike ʻia ai kahi birch e ulu ana. ʻAʻole ia ma luna o nā kumulāʻau ʻē aʻe.
Lilo melemele nā halo keʻokeʻo ʻōpiopio me ka ulu a māwae.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻōpala birch no ka ʻawaʻawa a me ka paʻakikī o ka pulp. Aia nā hōʻike e hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia kona pulp i kahi ʻano ʻōpio ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoʻoleʻa.
Mai kēia ʻano haʻupuʻu, hana ʻia ka lanahu, a lawe ʻia ka polyporenic acid, he hopena lāʻau anti-inflammatory. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka pulp o ka fungus tinder i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi like ʻole. Mai nā ʻōpio birch tinder fungi, hoʻomākaukau ʻia nā decoctions lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā tincture me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka waiʻona maʻemaʻe.