King Alfred's Cakes Fungus

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King Alfred's Cakes fungus Daldinia concentrica. These can be used as kindling to start a fire. This explains other common names used to describe the fungus such as ‘carbon balls’ or ‘coal fungus’.

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Location: Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Keywords: alfreds, balls, body, cakes, carbon, coal, concentrica, daldinia, deadwood, decay, decaying, fruiting, fungi, fungus, king, rotten, saprotroph, stroma, uk, wood, woodland