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I assume fungi like this is highly flammable. Is that true?

• shakna 6y ago
  Actually, they're flame retardant [0]. > Mycelium has been found to possess certain flame-retardant properties (e.g. high char residue and release of water vapour) and could be used as an economical, sustainable and fire-safer alternative to synthetic polymers for binding matrices. [0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36032-9/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36032-9/
  • heavyset_go 6y ago
    As an aside, burn morels are gourmet mushrooms that pop up after fires. The mycelium have already colonized the roots of conifer trees, and they produce fruit after the trees catch fire.