Friday, January 8, 2016

Birch Polypore Mushrooms

From Mark Boyle's book The Moneyless Man, making paper using found materials:



Birch Polypore mushrooms as seen at Ott Biological Preserve near Battle Creek, Michigan.


Bonus link:  Using stumps with Dryad Saddle growing on them to make paper

1 comment:

  1. FYI fun fact

    It is reported that the 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Iceman carried 4 pieces of this fungus and the conclusion was that he would have used it as tinder.

    http://www.medicalmushrooms.net/fomes-fomentarius/

    I remember reading that conks\bracketfungi had other uses, too.

    https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=conk+fungus+uses

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