Trish, as promised, edible fungi i have eaten in North America and Canada.
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Lions Mane fungi. Sea food in taste when immature, is a good bulker for soups and dishes or again fried in a little oil or butter thinly sliced.
Conifer coral.
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Do not be fooled by its appearence. This is so nice I would if I could grow a whole garden of these for my own use. Grated on a pasta sauce with a bit of cheese, or fried off or added to a salad its use is up to you. Delicious.
Now, this next one isn't edible as its very tough, but here is a perfect use for it. Dried off and stripped it makes the best dry fire starting material you could ever want. Powdered down it will ignite almost instantly, and can make awesome kindling for a fire, just make sure its stored and dried before use i.e. cut some down, dry it, strip it and make your kindling and then keep it in your kit in a waterproof container.