Starting a fire

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Holomon
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Re: Starting a fire

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That's a good video, cheers Briggs. Didn't know about that fungus but I'm glad I do now.
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Re: Starting a fire

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldinia_concentrica

'King Afred's' cakes are a great fire lighter. If you have dry tinder you only need a quarter of a cake or less to get a fire going but be careful, they burn very very hot.
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