In this episode - Wild coffee made from Galium aparine (Stickyweed), improvised magnifying glass fire with with Fomes fomentarius (Horses-hoof), sourcing flint in calcareous soil, Chamerion angustifolium (Fireweed), Jacobeaea vulgaris (Ragwort) Tyria jacobaeae (Cinnabar moth), Anachis Io (Peacock Butterfly, Calocera cornea (Small staghorns), Arum maculatum (Wild Arum), Rosehips from the Rosa canina tree (Dog rose) Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s milk slime mold), Gymnopus fusipes (spindleshanks), Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball), Gymnopus confluens (clustered toughshank) and Hypholoma fasciculaure (Sulphur Tuft), Gymnopus fairy rings, Hemitrichia (Pretzel slime-mold), Elderberry (Sambucus) look-alikes and toxicity, Phytolacca Americana (Pokeweed), Xylaria digitata and Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers), Blackberries for daaays, sourcing dietary fibre in the wild, Marasmius rotula (collared parachute), Enteridium lycoperdon (False Puffball) and making ‘jam’ on toast from fresh blackberries. ------------------------------------ Outdoor skills for wilderness survival, bushcraft, hiking and recreational camping. Twitter: www.twitter.com/AlfieAesthetics Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/AlfieAesthetics (Plant & Fungi Photography) Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlfieTheAesthetic Google+: www.plus.google.com/+AlfieAesthetics ------------------------------------ Video requests are welcome – Anything from fire-building, friction fire, fire from natural materials, tinders, charring, wild edibles, plant identification, fungi/slime mold identification, medicinal plants, wilderness first aid and wound treatment, camp cooking, water filtration and purification, natural shelter building, shelter building with synthetic materials, navigation without a compass, improvised compasses, primitive weaponry, primitive trapping, gear reviews, survival kits and gear requests. -------------------------------------

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