King Alfreds Cakes, Cramp balls, Daldinia concentrica. Useful mushrooms!

A short video on how to identify a King Alfreds Cake and its uses. By www.wildfooduk.com
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[@botanyhead]

Super cool! Love seeing you light one!

[@tackroom11]

Hi great video and lovely style. if you do ever do a remake would be great so get a bit on about the benificial effects of this fungus on the hoast ash tree and about allowing them to spore in the forest before collecting them. happy to chat if it helps

[@susie360]

Fantastic video, thank you for that, just the information I needed.

[@saturnsskullimations4269]

We have some king alfred's cakes growing around here!

[@harrisonmilbourne4170]

Is the smoke poisonous to inhale?

[@waveman0]

I have never been able to do it with flint and steel with daldinia, would love to see you do it, and not just pass on what you have heard.

[@WildFoodUK1]

will video it and show you then :)

[@waveman0]

@@WildFoodUK1 I look forward to it mate, I consistently failed. I can get it to ember with a magnifying lens and with ember transfer method but not directly with flint and steel.

[@MsDjessa]

1:10 I doubt it was Piltdown Man as scientists exposed that as a hoax. Possible by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself. Not even joking.
But a really interesting mushroom. Thanks for the video.

[@WildFoodUK1]

I know, I've been meaning to re-do this vid for a while now!.. Will take it down when I do. ;)

[@MsDjessa]

Or just add a little note on the screen when you say it. I mean we all make mistakes. If only I had a penny every time I correct one of my typing errors after I posted a comment. :'D

[@keith9033]

Why is it called a Cramp Ball?

[@MrMaxKeane]

Is it poisonous?

[@WildFoodUK1]

inedible not poisonous as far as I know

[@anthonydeacon881]

Cramp balls grow on "lots of different types of tree". Really? Not in my experience!

[@tackroom11]

Hi great video and lovely style. if you do ever do a remake would be great so get a bit on about the benificial effects of this fungus on the hoast ash tree and about allowing them to spore in the forest before collecting them. happy to chat if it helps.

[@WildFoodUK1]

Thanks Patrick :)