Making smoke for free!

[rog8811]

Hi guys, I thought I would share this one with you.
In my job I demonstrate uses for fungi...I can now add to the uses of piptoporus betulinus better known by its common name "Birch bracket fungus" (found on Silver birch).  Collect from tree, cut into slices and dry it for a few weeks in an airing cupboard or boiler room.

It is a tinder fungus, when lit it smoulders with a goodly plume of smoke. I spent a while waving my greenie in one hand and my camera in the other and got some promising shots this evening...until my camera ran out of power.

WARNING. Do not try this in your house, the smoke is smelly  (but not unpleasant) and soon gets thick!  I used it on a piece of sheet metal in my workshop in the garden and soon had a good fug going.

I recommend it as a quick/cheap smoke source for trying out laser setups.

Regards rog8811

 

[DoughDTD]

thats an interesting way to use mushrooms... you could just find a different kind, eat it, and youll see alot more then just smoke ;D

sounds like a neat tip,but i think ima stick to smoking stogies and shisha, thats my favorite and tastiest form of making smoke

 

[geert01]

do you have a picture of the fungus? I don't know if it grows in the Netherlands

 

[rog8811]

I cannot post pici's at the moment, I need to get to 20 posts....

If you google images "piptoporus betulinus" (AKA Razor strop fungus), you should get loads of pictures...I would be very surprised if they do not grow on the silver birch in the Nederlands, they certainly appear in France.


Regards Rog8811