Uses for Fungus, other than as dinner :)

[Toddy]

What fungus do you use ? and what do you use it for ?

There are the classic tinder fungus....chagga, horsehoof and cramp balls, but they all have other uses too.
There's the razor strop one as well, but what else ?

atb,
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[British Red]

Iuse yeasy a lot which is in the fungi kingdom - so its great for drinking - which isn't eating

 

[Clouston98]

I've used dyers polypore for tinder before, works well, and it can be used for dying too! I've used the horses hoof for amadou and I've seen it used as a hearth board before, I used some chaga as a hearth board just today, worked well! I've heard of cramp balls used as an insect repellent, smell quite nice too! I've used an artists conk for drawing on. A maze gill polypore, especially when charred, works as a good tinder too. Chaga so quite famous for its medicinal value, the tea is pleasant but you can make an tincture with it- could be with a try? Something with a trama layer can be used as a wick, the fungus itself can be hollowed out and filled with beeswax and used as a candle, not tried that one yet though. I've used fungi, any dried polypore will work really, to let smouldering on a fire for a while and you get lovely embers from them .

 

[Harvestman]

I have heard somewhere of people using large artist fungus Ganoderma as an impromptu stove, basically setting it alight with a pot or mug on top. It burns slowly enough that you should be able to heat a one-pot meal before the fungus burns through.

 

[dwardo]

Will have to dig out the article but I remember reading that someone was considering using it as biodegradable packaging..

 

[swright81076]

Will have to dig out the article but I remember reading that someone was considering using it as biodegradable packaging..

I saw a documentary on this. I think it was called 'the magic of mushrooms', they are growing the packaging and its already being used.

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[xylaria]

We use birch polypore for medicine. It goes on cuts that are going manky or as an inhalant for blocked up sinuses.

Webcaps can be used to make a vivid red dye, but considering just that some of the most toxic webcaps are the bright red, I would not try it. It have seen a nice iron madder colour from one of the polypores.