6 Benefits of Red-Belted Conk + DIY Mushroom Extract Powder

E195 - 6 Benefits of Red-Belted Conk + DIY Mushroom Extract Powder

Published: August 20, 2025

Duration: 1:08:05

Have you been missing this amazing and underrated mushroom? Chances are if you’ve ever gone out in the woods in North America, you’ve walked past the mushroom red-belted conk (Fomitopsis pinicola)—though you may not have noticed it. This ubiquitous, yet often-overlooked mushroom may not be well known among herbalists, but it certainly deserves to be! As this week’s podcast guest, Logan Keister, describes, there are so many benefits to working with red-belted conk, from aiding digestion to reducing inflammation, and so much more.

Logan also explains in detail one of his favorite ways of worki...