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99vyet
24-09-2003, 12:08
:sword: :AR15firin Have to be careful but if well cooked can eat them too
Tony
28-09-2003, 09:34
Have you got any more information on this?
martin
28-09-2003, 11:44
Cramp Balls (Daldinia concentrica) are inedible. Source:Dorling Kindersley Handbooks-Mushrooms IBSN 0-7513-2717-4
Dry crampballs will take a spark and if you have a lot they can be used as a passable subsitute for charcoal. Hope this helps.
Ed
28-09-2003, 12:06
Although I can find no referance to them being toxic ... I've found a few that state that they are inedible due to their hardness / texture.....

Ed
Tony
28-09-2003, 22:16
Yeah, that’s what I have always thought, inedible......
martin
28-09-2003, 22:31
Its a brave man that puts those brown balls in his mouth.
bigjackbrass
28-09-2003, 23:03
Maybe we could sell them to gullible squash players.
Tony
29-09-2003, 14:40
Off the woodland trust website

The hard black fruiting bodies of the fungi Daldinia concentrica and Hypoxylon spp are remarkably favoured by insects. The precise species of fungus appears not important, rather the hard black medium provided: the scarce fungus weevil Platyrhinus resinosus develops in Daldinia concentrica on ash trees as well as Hypoxylon fragiforme on beech, and other beetles behave similarly, eg Biphyllus lunatus, Litargus connexus, and Mycetophagus atomarius.