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Thought this might interest a few of you, apparently two indigenous cultures had zero ability to create fire and so had to rely on natural fire caused by lightning strikes which was then kept going. These were, supposedly, the Jarawa of the Andaman islands...

Found this monster fungus a few days back on a near dead Quercus rubra (red oak). Initially I thought it was Formes fomentarius (horse’s hoof) but I’ve never read about it growing on red oak or seen pictures of one so large, so think it is probably a type of Ganoderma - anyone know for sure...

Hi All, This weekend gone I got to go to the coast and tried a few wild edibles including Alexanders. However, I found it to be almost inedible due to being rock hard despite cooking it for a good ten minutes in boiling water. Now I know they are definitely edible, and apparently very nice...

Hi All, This weekend gone I got to go to the coast and tried a few wild edibles including Alexanders. However, I found it to be almost inedible due to being rock hard despite cooking it for a good ten minutes in boiling water. Now I know they are definitely edible, and apparently very nice...

Don't know if any of you are familiar with this new method of fire by friction demonstrated by the man himself Mr Ray Mears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10O0ThOUlk

Don't know if any of you are familiar with this new method of fire by friction demonstrated by the man himself Mr Ray Mears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10O0ThOUlk