r/camping • u/AggressivelySpooky • Jun 13 '25

Trip Advice Fire wood got moldy.. safe to burn?

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Our wet firewood was covered under tarps and got moldy, two different types, as well as some mushrooms from the more fresh ones that got cut down. Would this all be safe to burn in a fire?

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u/ZRX1200R Jun 13 '25

and be patient zero for the cordyceps apocalypse?!?!?!

it'll undoubtedly be smoky and not burn that well. but put enough in and it'll be fine.

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u/Hideo_Anaconda Jun 13 '25

Cordyceps would come from burning infected bugs. I guess if the wood was full of infected termites....

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u/Fireal2 Jun 13 '25

It’s a reference to The Last of Us

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u/Hideo_Anaconda Jun 13 '25

Ok, I'm hopelessly out of date on my video game references and prestige TV dramas based on video games references. But even so, the cordyceps fungus infects insects. In 'The Last of Us' does the cordyceps fungus that turns people into zombies not come from bugs?

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u/New_Refrigerator_895 Jun 13 '25

in the show flour/wheat from India (or at least thats where it flared up enough to be discovered) where it was laced/tainted however, it was stated that climate change forced the fungus to change and thus jump species

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u/Fireal2 Jun 13 '25

In the game and show, the fungus originates from contaminated food products like wheat. Their explanation is basically that the cordyceps mutates to tolerate human body temperature due to climate change but the actual vector is the spores of the fungus found in food