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Canadian Wild-Harvested Chaga

🇨🇦 Annanda Chaga — Canada’s trusted source for wild-harvested chaga since 2012

Certified Organic functional mushrooms and wild-harvested Canadian chaga, carefully prepared in Canada. Wild-harvested in Northern Ontario's boreal forest.

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Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a wild-growing fungus found on birch trees in northern forests.

To learn more about what chaga is, how it grows, and how it is traditionally prepared, explore our complete guide to chaga mushrooms.

New to Chaga?

Start with our guide to understand what chaga is, why people explore it, then learn how it is identified, prepared, and used:

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Since 2012, Annanda has produced certified organic mushroom products and wild-harvested Canadian Chaga in Northern Ontario.

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Wild-harvested with respect for the forest, carefully prepared in Canada since 2012.

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We are a Canadian family-run business, personally harvesting and preparing chaga in Northern Ontario since 2012.

Annanda remains independently owned and operated, guided by the same forest ethics and traditional practices we’ve followed from the beginning.

Our work is rooted in sustainable wild harvesting, respect for the forest, and a commitment to quality from source to finished product.

We are proud members of Ontario Made and Foodland Ontario Organics, and active partners with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Our products are certified organic by Ecocert Canada and QAI International.

Chaga Mushroom FAQ

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a wild fungus that grows on living birch trees in cold northern forests, including across Canada’s boreal region. It appears as a rough, black, charcoal-like growth on the outside of the tree, with a rust-orange interior when harvested.

Unlike typical mushrooms, chaga forms as a dense structure called a sterile conk rather than a cap and stem, and it has traditionally been prepared as a slow-brewed forest decoction.

To learn more, see our guide on What Is Chaga.

Chaga appears as a dense, black, cracked growth on the outside of birch trees, with a rust-orange interior when properly harvested. It forms directly on the trunk and does not resemble typical cap-and-stem mushrooms.

If you're trying to identify chaga in the wild, see our chaga mushroom identification guide.

Chaga tea is prepared by gently heating chaga in water below boiling (around 80 °C / 176 °F) and allowing it to simmer or steep over time. Preparation varies depending on whether chunks, tea-cut, or powder are used.

To learn more about how to prepare chaga tea, see our complete guide on how to make chaga tea.

Chaga is most commonly prepared as a tea using traditional low-temperature brewing methods. It may also be used in powdered form or as a liquid extract, depending on preparation preference.

To learn more about the different ways to use chaga, see our complete guide on how to use chaga.

Chaga is traditionally prepared as a tea and has been used for generations in northern regions where birch forests naturally occur. Today, people often explore chaga because of its traditional use, naturally occurring compounds, and growing scientific interest.