How to Gather Amadou Tinder

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/ Today I am collecting Amadou for tinder from a Bracket Fungi. This has been used as a source of tinder for thousands of years.

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[mrttou]

Does this stuff have a shelf life? (No pun intended) Or once it's dry it's good forever? Thanks

[NaturalBushcraft]

@mrttou If kept dry it will live-on probably longer than me.

- Ashley Cawley.

[reasoning777]

Hi, graet vid on Amadou, have jst watched a vid by Ray Mears (spelling?) on Fungi, he said Poisonous Fungi always has white gills (th part you said was white and chngd colour) ? When making vid's on Fungi, 'haps be a good thing 2 warn against the poisonous side of Fungi handling / eating ? Jst a thought, like, oils and whatnot on the hands needs to be washed off, and 'haps not handle with a wound available 'haps for contamination? Great Vid M8, jst a thought.

[NaturalBushcraft]

Hi reasoning777. I'm afraid this information is dangerously incorrect, there are certainly poisonous fungi that do not have white gills, while there are edible ones that do. Your best bet with fungi foraging is to be able to clearly identify a dozen or so good edible species and treat everything else as suspect. A lot of bracket fungus is inedible simply as it has the texture of wood, but only a few are poisonous (a few are also edible such as Chicken of the Woods and Beefsteak).

[mostcanwait]

Thanks man! I learned a lot from the video and from reading your comments! Cheers!

[honisett2002]

really enjoy your vids chap - keep them coming . . . you and a couple of others have inspired me to make my own channel featuring reviews on equipment and trails down here in SW France. I am very new to blogging so there is not much on there yet but am getting there!! Happy Hiking.

[reasoning777]

Hi NB, thanks for the reply eh. Appreciated, yea, I recall same advise given when in Military, Ray M might well have elaborated and explained, but I only caught a segment, as such. I was only thinking out loud as it were, as to the safety aspect on shrooms, 'haps everybody will already know the basic safety advice, but much like gun safety - load unload always check safe/ show safe etc, you do it knowing it's understood already, but do it all the same eh?

[reasoning777]

Hi M8, an add to my post, Well, Wickpieda ?? (spelling), informs me that "" whilst eddible .... "" and goes on to amadou - so, 'haps Ray was generalising eh? - anyway' hay, a health safety warning is never a bad thing eh? Good vid's Thanks

[ClarkesonTheMarksman]

Wicked man i've been after this tuff for ages, i finally found me a sample today :) nice vid dude

[EvergreenBushcraft]

So what type of fungus was that? can you get the amadou from any Polypore fungi?