Recognising Punk Wood.

[Keith]

 

[DomC]

This is some punk wood (pinus palustris aka longleaf pine) in my AO.
Dom......

 

[Keith]

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This is some punk wood (pinus palustris aka longleaf pine) in my AO.
Dom......

Thank you Dom, great images, well done. It is so nice to get a reply to my posts. Much appreciated.
Regards, Keith.

 

[Bushman16]

Was just checking out the differences in using punk wood and char cloth yesterday, gonna try treating some wood and try it out. Good post, thank You for sharing.

 

[Joecole]

Great videos as usual Keith, I can find plenty up in my local forest but its so wet up there that the punk is useless unless I stick it in a low oven for a few hours

 

[G1ZmO]

Good video again. Thanks. Like Joe says around our local woodland all our punky wood is just soggy mush covered in thick moss.
I'll need to review your video in the summer again.

 

[Keith]

Was just checking out the differences in using punk wood and char cloth yesterday, gonna try treating some wood and try it out. Good post, thank You for sharing.

Thank you for commenting.
Keith.

 

[Keith]

Good video again. Thanks. Like Joe says around our local woodland all our punky wood is just soggy mush covered in thick moss.
I'll need to review your video in the summer again.

If it was me, I would squeeze the damp/wet punkwood out & let it dry in my haversack or next to my camp fire. Polypore fungi is often found on the ground in this "soggy" condition. When it rains the fungus soaks up the water until it becomes so heavy that it looses its grip on the tree & falls to the ground. I collect it anyway & let it dry out. That is just the way it is, that is what you have to do.
Keith.

Laetiporus Portentosis. Actually these are difficult to tell one polypore from another sometimes, especially when they are in this condition. This one is shown where I found it, saturated from the rain lying on the forest floor.