hello,
As NBC will know horses hoof fungi 'fomes fomentarius' (commonly known as the tinder fungus, tinder bracket). My mate came across this last year on a fallen Birch tree looked like someone had given the fungi a whack so he harvested what remained. There are various processes for preparing or improving such as tinder, including producing amadou. It's been stored in his shed & now ready to share. I think once we each have our share there will be at least 2 tobacco tins full each & as known only small pieces are required for fire lighting, once ignited, even a small lump can smoulder for hours or a larger piece can be used for carrying an ember or rekindling a fire at a later stage, so what we have should last sometime. As I've not stored such before if anyone has any further knowledge to share on storage this would be appreciated. If stored I no doubt will be keeping it in the baccy tins unless there are any other better methods suggestions? I'm more thinking along the lines of the spores I don't want to store this for a period of time & find that it's multiplied or other. Tried & tested a small piece with the flint & steel ignites brilliant a nice ember produced. Again when I've time I'll post some photo's of the spoils.
Regards
David