[TheForge] Horse hoof fungus

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I went to a festival last weekend and there was a guy there selling horse 
hoof fungus. He said that it was better for starting fires than char cloth, 
and you don't have to have a fire to make it.

Have any of you used hoof fungus with flint and steel to start fires?  How 
well does it work?

It would be nice to know there is something that could be foraged for in an 
emergency.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net