I love foraging for mushrooms. And obviously, I love biodiesel. Among mushroom-hunters, the Morel is a variety that everyone loves, but few forage, because they are very hard to find. The general rule is that, unless you happen to stumble upon them somewhere, you should be looking in the Sierras in the rainy season following a wildfire. As far as cultivation goes, they've been impossible.

Until now? It seems that biodieselers are starting to see a pattern of Morels growing in the places where they do their homebrewing. KOH and NaOH, the two catalysts that people use to make biodiesel, are chemically very similar to white wood ash. There could be something here...

Click on the pic to see the thread about this over at infopop...



(tip of the cap to wv matt at Infopop)

UPDATE: In the words of my friend Ben, "Best. Waste product. Ever."