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Mysterious Root Muncher!
    #9200830 - 11/07/08 09:01 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)

In another installment of 'What the heck is this?' I give you... the dirty zebra striped innards tree root munching fungus!  I found these things growing on the dead roots of a chinese tallow tree stump.







Some of the detail is hard to make out with my lousy phone camera.  At first I thought it might be some kind of sclerotia, but each of these things is very light and dry.  Pulling one from the roots reveals papery layers of tissue with radial bands of black and white.

Habitat: Wood, found growing on the roots of a chinese tallow tree stump that's been dead for at least two years.

Gills: None, no pore surface evident.

Stem: None.

Cap: Thin, dry and papery.

Spore print: Didn't have a chance to take one yet.

Bruising/Staining: Not evident.

Location: USA, Texas Gulf Coast region.


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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: Paresthesia]
    #9200907 - 11/07/08 09:17 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)



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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: cactu]
    #9201042 - 11/07/08 09:43 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)

Yeah, its common name is King Alfred's cake. Apparently, it's brilliant tinder for catching low-temperature sparks. There's a Ray Mears video somewhere on Youtube where he uses this species to light a fire, transferring a flint-struck spark to it. I'd love to find me some.


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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: koraks]
    #9201203 - 11/07/08 10:09 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)

Hey, that's pretty cool!  I'll have to try lighting some on fire with a magnifying glass or one of those spark throwing gas stove lighter things.  This stump is in my back yard and I plan on digging it up soon.  Since this species doesn't consume much cellulose, I may be able to re-use some of the root stock to grow reishi, or just inoculate the heck out of the stump.


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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: koraks]
    #9201406 - 11/07/08 10:54 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

koraks said:
Yeah, its common name is King Alfred's cake. Apparently, it's brilliant tinder for catching low-temperature sparks. There's a Ray Mears video somewhere on Youtube where he uses this species to light a fire, transferring a flint-struck spark to it. I'd love to find me some.




Which Ray Mears video?? I've never seen Ray use that (at least that I can remember). I have every video he's ever done. Ray Mears is the best!

I've only seen him use:
Inonotus obliquus
Fomes fomentarius
Fomes igniarius
Phellinus tremulae
Phellinus igniarius

And I think two of the listed species are the same, just different names.


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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: mushroomhunter10]
    #9201612 - 11/07/08 11:39 AM (15 years, 3 months ago)

Here ya go, just at around 3 mins into the clip he introduces the fungus.

The magnifying glass will definitely work a treat with this fungus provided it's really cracker dry :thumbup:


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Re: Mysterious Root Muncher! [Re: koraks]
    #9201751 - 11/07/08 12:17 PM (15 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

koraks said:
Here ya go, just at around 3 mins into the clip he introduces the fungus.

The magnifying glass will definitely work a treat with this fungus provided it's really cracker dry :thumbup:





wtf?!

Which series is that from?? It looks like Rogers' Rangers but I don't think it is... Is that from a Country Tracks episode??


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