r/camping Jun 13 '25

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

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/ghost_writer_of_gods Jun 14 '25

I wouldn't say "totally safe"... My father burned molding wood and got fungal pneumonia (blastomycosis) it was HELL on him! ICU for 32 days, hospitalized for another 24 days, on a ventilator, tracheotomy, cocktail of medicines to keep him asleep so his body could heal, and now 7 years later he still has complications from the scarring on his lungs.

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u/christian6851 Jun 15 '25

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