Ch?g? (Inonotus ?bl??uu?; F?m?l? H?m?n??h??t?????) ?? a parasitic fungu? th?t fr??u?ntl? occurs ?n m?mb?r? ?f th? birch family (B?tul?????). It is ?urr?ntl? kn?wn b? the scientific name Inonotus ?bl??uu?, but h?? ?l?? b??n ??ll?d P?l???ru? ?bl??uu? ?nd P?r?? ?bl??u? (th??? l?tt?r tw? n?m?? ?r? r?f?rr?d to as ??n?n?m?). The g?nu? name (In?n?tu?) tr?n?l?t?? as "black fiber" ?nd th? specific ???th?t (?bl??uu?) refers t? th? f??t th? pores ?f the reproductive body are ?t ?n ?ngl? t? the h?r?z?n. Ch?g? has m?n? common n?m??. The n?m? Ch?g? originated ?n S?b?r?? (it is th? Anglicized v?r???n of Cz?g?). S????f???ll? ?t is d?r?v?d fr?m the name f?r mu?hr??m ?n th? Komi-Permyak l?ngu?g?, wh??h ?? ???k?n b? n?t?v?? of the Kama R?v?r B???n ?n th? West Ur?l??n region. It ?? also ??ll?d true tinder fungu?, ?l?nk?r ??l???r?, ?t?r?l? ??nk, cinder ??nk, cancer ??l???r?, ?nd k?b?n??n?t?k? (J???n).
