Hunting for King Alfred's Cakes - Daldinia concentrica and bushcraft firelighting
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- #bushcraft #survival #modernbushcraft
In this video Richard Prideaux goes through how to locate, identify and use the Daldinia concentrica fungus - AKA King Alfred's Cakes, Cramp Balls or Coal Fungus. See below for links to chapters and courses.
This video is a little long for a simple 'locate and identify' piece, but we thought that the additional content with the bow drill firelighting was worth including, especially as it is something we often discuss when teaching fire-by-friction on our modern bushcraft courses.
More species information on this inedible, but useful, fungus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldini...
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Chapters:
00:00 Start
00:23 Intro sequence
02:04 About Daldinia concentrica and why it is useful
02:54 Gathering dry bracken for firelighting
03:14 Dead ash trees and King Alfred's Cakes
04:44 Harvesting and processing Daldinia concentrica
08:04 Bow drill firelighting
13:16 Harvesting responsibly and ethically
15:23 Conclusion and courses
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Great to see you back on our screens
Listen to your podcasts ect. You are a genius man. Much appreciate that you sharing your knowledge with us. Cheers from Sweden 🤙🏼
Great vid. Love that you mentioned the spores (that was a surprise for me the first time it happened!) And not to take more than 20-30% 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for watching!
@@originaloutdoors Thank you very mutch... have a nice day.... see you….
Does it only fruit during certain seasons or year round if the conditions are right?
Pretty much year round, although spring and autumn are the prime times for finding it in quantity.
only ever seen them on dead or dying Ash here in Somerset . don't know what will happen after Ash die back p.s. they make great hand warmers
I have wondered the same. Will we have a decade or so of dead/dying ash everywhere - then just saplings/young growth, like elms?