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Coincidentally, a friend recently showed me his "mushroom hat", which is made from "amadou": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by nkurz 9y ago
Coincidentally, a friend recently showed me his "mushroom hat", which is made from "amadou": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou. It's a wonderful lightweight texture, somewhere between leather and felt. A description of the manufacturing process (and the mushroom which it comes from) is here: http://frimminjimbits.blogspot.com/2012/08/mushroom-cap.html http://frimminjimbits.blogspot.com/2012/08/mushroom-cap.html
- codezero 9y agothat hat is amazing!
- hinkley 9y agoObligatory picture of Paul wearing his mushroom hat? Check. The picture of “Paul” is Paul Stamets, The Godfather of Fungus.
- sdrothrock 9y ago> The picture of “Paul” is Paul Stamets, The Godfather of Fungus. Huh -- I guess that's the source of the name of the engineer on Star Trek: Discovery (also Paul Stamets). He works with the "mycelial network."
- armadsen 9y agoYep. I believe I read that the real Paul Stamets is an advisor for the show, too.
- vanderZwan 9y agoWell, I think "advisor" is probably more like it, because it does the science of mycology quite the disservice. Beyond playing fast and loose with the science for the sake of the story, there are basic mistakes that I doubt that the real Paul Stamets would have let slip through. I wouldn't be surprised if the HN crowd is a bit hostile to FeministFrequency, but if you can skip over that you may enjoy this guest-podcast (meaning none of the FF regulars have anything to do with this particular podcast episode) by Emily Taylor, a mycologist-turned-game designer, where she explains all of the mycology-related issues of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqwe016dDpA&t=1m48s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqwe016dDpA&t=1m48s
- optimuspaul 9y agoWhy would the HN crowd be hostile towards FeministFrequency?
- vanderZwan 9y agoI should have said "significant sub-section", not implied HN as a whole. I don't think it's controversial to say that the Ven diagrams of start-up loving nerds, and the type of entitled young men who have an axe to grind with FF are likely to have a non-empty intersection.
- Beltiras 9y agoYup. He gets into it on JRE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ Amazing podcast. Well worth a listen.
- bfuller 9y agoAnyone else catch him on Joe Rogan? He got real weird at one point and said he couldn't talk about a topic because it would put his life in danger
- alex_hitchins 9y agoYes! It was a good podcast but got incredibly weird at that point. I took him as not a bullshitter so it's either true and something amazing must be being covered up or perhaps he got the wrong end of the stick somehow. It certainly was a weird part of the otherwise fascinating podcast.
- Kroniker 9y agoI did a bit of digging after the show, he said that it would be "an explosive issue" or something- but the way he emphasized "explosive" made me think it was a hint- and so it was. Turns out portobello mushrooms contain a decently large amount of agaritine, which can be made in to hydrazine, which can in turn be used for explosives or rocket fuel. Agaritine is also fairly cancerous/mutagenic to humans. That's my best bet as to why he wouldn't talk about it, though the threat to his life I would think is more for comic effect.
- sametmax 9y agoWouldn't it be extremely flammable though? Raw amadou can burn even with the smallest spark. We used to make lighters out of it.
- alex_hitchins 9y agoThis was my first thought. They must have some built in fire retardant layer. Otherwise you a cigarette burn would set you alight. Interesting point, I'm not sure how fast it burns. It might just smolder away. Still not desirable!
- sametmax 9y agoIt's slow and not very "flammy", so it wouldn't turn you into a torch.
- jovial_cavalier 9y agoPaul Stamets has one, and says he's only seen it smolder when someone lit a joint near it.
- bmelton 9y agoI've never used that particular mushroom before, but you can use polyporous mushrooms as tinder if you find them in the wilderness. The flammability is measured by the fact that they burn very slowly, like charcoals. On the flip side, they easily take sparks and aren't necessarily obvious that they're burning until they start getting pretty hot. While this makes them ideal for lighting fires with in damp areas, I would think it makes them a poor choice for headwear -- though of course cotton and felt hats take to flame pretty easily too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-wZHkQuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-wZHkQuM