Making Amadou from Artists Fungus

Written by Hedgehog Saturday, 12 December 2009 10:25

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Just a little bit about making Amadou tinder from Artists fungus (Ganoderma applanatum)...



First track & stalk some fungus. Commonly found on dead Beech trees.





Locate the Trama layer & remove the hard upper dermis & the spore tubes.





Boil the Trama in hard wood ash solution for 8hours or more if you can be bothered - the alkali will de-nature the carbon in the fungus IIRC.

Finally bash the b'jesus out of it & let it dry.




Use as you would charcloth - it takes sparks from flint & steel very nicely when roughed up a bit.

Happy burnin'...