Holding an ember with fungus.

[savagesicslayer]

I was out hiking today and decided to play with some tree fungus and fire.The fungus I used came from a dead white birch.I chopped it into a basic cube.
I set a small fire and got the fungus smoldering.

Once the first fire went out I had a burning block of fungus with a great ember.

Next I wandered down the river a ways and set a fire with just the ember from the fungus.

I got to liking the Idea of leapfrogging fires with this piece of fungus so I lit a second fire farther down the river.

I wanted to see how much it had left so I walked over a kilometer back home and set a third fire.

Overall I had this piece of fungus burning for well over an hour and it was still hot enough to light my last fire easily.

 

[andrew7978]

Wow that is pretty impressive. Fungus really can be a lifesaver! I will have to get out there and try this, I have a few birch trees around my house.

 

[tknife]

That is really cool. I haven't tried it with fungus, but the common mugwort leaves work great for holding a coal. Then they can also be easily coaxed into a full flame.

 

[savagesicslayer]

I was quite surprised at how hot it stayed.Even after an hour of running around with it all I needed to do was blow on it and a small flame came to life.