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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 17:36:52 GMT -7
Was out today doing some fishing and looking for tinder fungus. No fish but look what I found. It's a tinder fungus but unlike most i find around here. This one is brown on the bottom all the other ones are gray on the bottom. Can't wait for it to dry so I can carve it up and get to the soft spongy insides. That's the part that holds an amber. I also had to climb out over the water on a dead tree to get it  it was worth it.  |
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 17:38:50 GMT -7
This is the top side  |
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 18:00:11 GMT -7
This is one of the gray tinder fungus I find most often. It has changed color since it dried but you can see the difference  |
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Post by ncguy on Oct 3, 2012 18:16:08 GMT -7
Have you ever used one to make a fire? If so how did it do?
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 18:31:23 GMT -7
Have you ever used one to make a fire? If so how did it do? It does a good job and once it catches a spark and forms an amber. You just drop it into a tinder bundle like dry grass and blow on it until the heat builds and it burst into flame. They also make good coal extenders. I have a video I will see if I can find it . |
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Post by tjwilhelm on Oct 3, 2012 19:11:15 GMT -7
Wow! Good find, Offtrail! Good for you, buddy!
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 19:40:21 GMT -7
Wow! Good find, Offtrail! Good for you, buddy! Thanks tj i'm going to use my band saw to cut the hard outside shell off. Much easier then using a knife  |
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 3, 2012 20:12:33 GMT -7
wow we have them all over up here nice find
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 20:17:08 GMT -7
wow we have them all over up here nice find Thanks blacksmith did you know they also make great wicks for oil lamps? |
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 3, 2012 20:20:02 GMT -7
no I did not I have over 200 in the house right now go get them for friends to paint on all the time
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 20:31:09 GMT -7
no I did not I have over 200 in the house right now go get them for friends to paint on all the time I also think they would make nice little shelves for nick knacks. Just attach it to the wall like it's growing out of it. Saw the top flat for the shelf. use two of them and hang a gun from them. |
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 3, 2012 20:38:28 GMT -7
yeah cool we get real big one up here over two feet wide they would work great for that
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 3, 2012 20:41:21 GMT -7
here are some I got this year  |
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Post by offtrail on Oct 3, 2012 20:42:06 GMT -7
yeah cool we get real big one up here over two feet wide they would work great for that If you do one let me know and send a pic. |
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 3, 2012 20:43:18 GMT -7
will have to find time and do that
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it was worth it.
