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the burnt-looking lump on birch trees that healers brewed into immortality tea
not a mushroomIt's a fungal mass of tangled mycelium, not a cap
birch killerSlowly devours its host tree for decades
looks deadCharcoal exterior hides bright orange living tissue
siberian stapleBrewed as tea across cold Northern folk medicine
melanin richSame dark pigment that colors human skin