The bark of the cedar tree is a good source of tinder. Squirrels, chipmunks, and other
rodents will scrape the bark of these trees into a light fluff and use it for their nests.
You can create this same type of fluff by scraping cedar bark with the back of your
knife blade or a rock.
Tinder fungi grow on birch
trees in temperate forests.
Tinder fungi are large, black,
and lumpy on the outside,
orangebrown on the inside.
They catch a spark very well
and are a great firestarting
material.
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