Foraging/Wild Edibles Thread

I found some stinging nettles at the local ravine. I am tempted to transplant some of them to my backyard and harvest them, I've heard good things about nettles both in terms of flavour and nutrition.

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>>1030795
>bowl of dandelion greens
>no other types of greens with them

That's going to be a really shitty meal.

>>1030800
They seem to like wet spots. Good luck.

>>1030842
What's this picture about?

>>1030800
They like nitrogen rich soil. Healthy as fuck. Makes good tea as well.

>>1030849
Learning how to identify things properly and do research on said things. It is also saying that most people literally can not tell two things apart when they are obviously different. They will look at the two cartoon images and see the same image. When foraging in nature, that type of thing gets you killed.

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Aegopodium podagraria. Smells a bit like mango, tastes a bit like carrot. Loads of vitamin C.

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Rose hip. Nice taste, vitamins, still hangs on bushes in late winter. Just look out for the hairy seeds on the inside, they can be used as itching powder so nothing you want to eat.

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Taxus baccata. The berries are edible and very tasty, just don't swallow the seed that's in the middle. Eating any other part of the tree could possibly end in death.

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Prunus spinosa. Berries are edible after the first real frost. Eating them before that is a bad idea. Very bitter. And watch out for the thorns on this one! I'm from Germany btw, I don't know how many of these plants grow overseas but I reckon some Europeans might also be interested in the thread.

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Sorbus aucuparia. Can be eaten after cooking. Otherwise very bitter.

>>1030991
Forgot to write where to find them. Grows pretty much everywhere in Germany. Can be harvested throughout the growing season. Can be confused with poisonous plants. Things to look out for: 1 The mango like smell when you rub the leaves between your fingers. 2. The stem is triangular, one side has a hollow curve. 3. The leaves of course, that's what the pic is for.

>>1030995
Rosa canina and Prunus Spinosa usually grow close to eachother. Usually in fields.

>>1030997
>>1031003
Forests and gardens.

>>1030795
I mistook Lilly seed pods as ground Cherries once when I was a young lad and puked.

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Lamium album. You find them on meadows.

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Impatiens glandulifera. Seeds and blossoms are edible. The leaves are slightly poisonous, so stay away from them. Grows along rivers, ponds... basically anywhere that's wet.

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Stellaria media. Grows in flower beds and on fields. All parts edible and tasty! Just rip it out of the ground and shove it into your mouth!

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Rumex acetosa. Leaves are edible, taste a bit sour. You'll find it on fields and meadows.

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Urtica dioica. Grows in nitrogen rich soil. Pointer plant (is that the right word?) If you see it, the soil will be rich in nitrogen.

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Plantago major. Grows in compacted soil. You can eat the leaves, get a bit tough when they're older. Makes good tea.

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Taraxacum sect. ruderalia. Grows pretty much everywhere. I guess everybody knows what it looks like. make wine from the blossoms, eat the leaves and make a pseudo coffee from the roasted tuber.

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Achillea millefolium. Make tea from the leaves. There are really good books out there that list all the differences between edible plants and their poisonous counterparts with pictures. If you really are interested in harvesting wild plants you should buy one of them.

How much experience do you have in eating these? For dock you need to boil them in a change of water before they are palatable and have reduced oxalate. Chickweed has saponins and eating it in "large" quantities isn't advised, though good luck finding someone able to eat that much of any green who isn't a cow. Especially, since chickweed suppresses appetite. Both dock and chickweed are best eaten as young as possbile. Older dock is more bitter and tougher. Older chickweed starts to get "twiggy". Cropping both helps to always have a crop of fresh young greens. Both are best in spring, but chickweed especially requires cool weather of spring and fall to grow well and not be as twiggy. Eat dock before it bolts for best flavor.

You shouldn't just pop raw greens into your mouth. Always soak them in some water for about 10-15mins and rinse them well. That will get rid of hidden insects. If slugs are a problem, soak the greens in a strong salt water solution for the same amount of time then rinse well. This will help rinse off the slime they leave behind on the leaves. The slime is a disease vector (Angiostrongyliasis), it is also bitter. The salt bath won't wash off the slugs specifically, so always check everything properly and rinse well.

Plantain's old leaves are tough and darker in color. Young leaves are lighter color. Cut leaves perpendicular to the fibers to reduce toughness. Eat leaves before the plant bolts for best flavor.

Dandelion is also best when young and light in color, eaten before it has bolted. The petals make good country wine and mead. The entire flower head is good rolled in flower and fried. The roasted tuber is really terrible as a coffee substitute and is better used to adulterate actual coffee to make it last longer (something that was done during the world wars.) You can make latex from the sap, but the process takes forever and you need a TON of them.

Chickweed, dandelion, & plantain seed sprouts are great, but not dock (too much chafe).

>>1031052
I have quite a bit of experience eating these plants. You can eat Rumex acetosa without the need of boiling them until around the 24th of june after that the oxalate production goes up. And since pretty much all herbs have not only nutritional but also medicinal value, I wouldn't advise eating any of them in large quantities. Also, the "stick it in your mouth" part was obviously a joke. I've been eating Rumex acetosa since I was a child and never had any problems with it (like I said pick it before june 24). Of course these rules are for Germany. It might be different where you live.

>>1031052
You can tell by the leaves how much oxalate the plant produces. They start turning red when oxalte production kicks off.

>>1031071
>>1031082
Good to know, but the type of rumex also determines that. There are more types in the US than I care to hold in my head.

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Michigan has an abundance- we don't have a very long season for growing, though. More winter and fall than spring and summer it seems. It starts with maple syrup in early spring, then we get the morels and leeks, beefsteaks, other edible mushrooms, some of our fern shoots are edible, cat tails, lilac, clover, chicory, dandelion, rose hips, all kinds of berries- wild grapes, strawberries, blueberries, black berries, raspberries- asparagus, spring beauty, spearmint, catnip, wild carrot. We have many medicinal plants- St. John's wort, Mullen, raspberry leaf can be used in a tea or tincture, yarrow to staunch bleeding, plantain as a pulling herb- to remove foreign objects from under the skin. That's just off the top of my head, there are a ton of plants worth gathering around here.

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I use this site quite a bit, anyone else?
http://northernbushcraft.com/guide.php?ctgy=edible_plants&region=on

>>1030795
I just tried clover, tastes exactly like green beans. Eat the younger cloves.

>>1031035
>Makes good tea.
how would i make it?

What is this in my yard?
Near Phoenix Arizona.
Also a recommendation on a resource for identification of plants in AZ would be nice

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>>1031251
I'm an idiot for not posting pic.

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Juniperus Virginiana. The berries on the Eastern Red Cedar are actually their cones! Only edible in the fall, when they're indigo/purple, they make a great addition to tea (I prefer adding them to pine needle tea), make a coffee substitute when crushed, and can be used various ways in cooking. When they are green, they taste bitter and contain turpenes, which are not good for you. Eating too many of these is not a good thing, as they act as a diuretic. Use moderation!

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Are these wild onions? They're all over my local dog park and I'm wondering if I should uproot all of them to keep the dogs safe. They leave them alone for the most part but every dog has different tastes.

They have a really pungent smell but they smell more like Asian cooking than the onion smell I'm used to

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>>1031262
Here they are in the ground.

>>1031035
I've always known this as wild plantain. Did't know you could eat it, but crushing the leaves until the sap begins to run and applying them to bug bites stops the itching extremely well.

>>1031262
Look like it. Do they smell like onion? Wild onions have a very strong smell, you can smell them from hundreds of feet away while they're still in the ground.

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>>1031211
Michigan here, too. My spring haul. I found a few nice clusters of oyster mushrooms my last time out. I know some public land where chicken of the woods grows, but not sure on when to start looking. I found them a little late last year. I'm guessing early/mid September.

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I got feral apples growing in a thick, impenetrable patch of vines and brambles way out back at the edge what was a colonial-era farm. Nobody knows about them and I get injured dearly every time I harvest but it's worth it.

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>>1031438
You should look into getting a cider press.

>>1030995
Make a delicious jam as well

>>1031001
Known as sloes in the UK. Take 1 bottle of gin, split it in half, fill with sloes and 1 cup of sugar. Ferments into sloe gin - delicious.

>>1031457
I actually love cider (and all things apples †bh) but I don't think I could afford it and I don't know how

>>1031435
Nice haul!!

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>>1031435
nice jars

Anyone getting into foraging should really consider getting a field identification guide and bringing a notebook with you, noting down what you think you have. Collin's complete British wildlife guide is very useful for identifying wildflowers and herbs but has little information on edibility. My copy is full of notes detailing flavour/reactions to foods.

>>1031463
>I don't think I could afford it

A DIY cider press is just some cheap timbers and a car jack with cheese cloth and a bucket.

>I don't know how

Google, "how to make cider". Enable yourself.

>>1031309
They had a strong smell when I uprooted them, but not while in the ground, no. They're all over the park in huge numbers. Could it be they're too young to give off such a strong smell while in the ground? There are also a lot of competing smells...it's a large, popular dog park with a creek and wild roses and apple trees and, well, lots of dogs.

>>1030800
I've got the little cunts overrunning my garden. You're more than welcome to take the whole lot.
I'm waiting for exams to finish so I can get out there and do some weeding

>>1031252
i did some research on this, it's called lactuca serriola or "prickly lettuce"

It's mulberry season! :)

>>1031559
They only give off an odor when crushed or injured.

>>1031639
>birds eat it all

I can't wait for my mulberry cuttings to start producing....in a few years. I did find that an immature mulberry berry that has just started to ripen will ripen completely. So, if you shake a tree and get tons of ones that are not ripe enough to eat, set them aside and they will ripe over time. Lots of internet sources say they don't ripen, but I think they may be talking about the pure white ones that haven't even started to change.

>>1031221
Northern Bushcraft seems like a good site to check. Pretty decent info and lots of plants that don't show up on your typical foraging site.

so, another Newbie with a Question.

regarding Cattail shoots... if I'm in Western Wisconsin, how late does the season for Cattail shoots to still be edible? I've got the materials for trying to make Quick Pickles with them, but work has been crazy the last few weeks so I didn't have a chance to go out and gather...

also, anything else that anyone would recommend to look for?

>>1030800
do not transplant nettles

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Just found a big ole bunch of Reishi mushrooms today.

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>>1031869
First mycological forage I've done. Was amazed at how many there were.

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>>1031871
Most will be sliced up and dried to sell to hippies and share with friends.

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>>1031874
I saved the ones with the best and meatiest white edges to use for food. Made and just finished this simple pasta dish with them. Was tasty.

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>>1031869
>>1031871
>>1031874
>>1031876

Those are some beautiful shrooms, I bet you could sell them to hippies/crunchy granola types for a pretty penny.

>>1031641
There's a bunch of 200+ year old mulberries in my area, so I'm not worrying about not getting enough! Thanks for the tip though, never thought about that.

I've also started a silkworm project about a month ago when the tenderest of leafs emerged, and now I'm collecting the cocoons - when the fruits are riping :)

>>1031876
what's the orange stuff? Bell peppers?

>>1032390
Yep. Kept it simple so as not to overpower the influence of the mushrooms. Orange bell pepper, half onion, clove garlick, oil, salt, and pepper. (And pasta of course)

>>1032430
And mushrooms. Pardon my run on post.

>>1032212
>tfw everyone got sick of the grackles leaving purple shit on every square centimeter of everything 4 months out of the year and cut down all the mulberry trees within an hour
I like mulberries ;(

>>1030795
My parents often pick up mostly mushrooms, my grandparents forage berries like blueberries and lingonberries and mushrooms. Grandparents have special places deep innawoods they harvest around. This is late summer to autumn time. They are crazy productive with this.

I foraged with them when I was younger but for some reason this aspect of /out does not interest me right now. Maybe I need more age.

My favvo is false morel sauce with minced meat patties and potatoes.

>>1032468

>Cutting down trees that aren't in the way of habitation and provide a useful resource

Full retard, not even half

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People where I live collect spruce tree tips for jam, beer, tea, etc. I tell them that hemlock tree tips are tastier and tell them to try one. Then I laugh while they start picking the little tiny tips.
Pic related a spruce tip and a hemlock tip.

Hey guys

As i've got some chennopodium (fathen) growing in my garden, do you think i could colonize a patch deep innawoods (with enough sunlight) and harvest the seeds and/or leaves?

I've read differing opinions on toxicity in high quantities, some say this ceases with boiling.

>>1032937
Anon, Hemlock tree (Tsuga) tips are edible, just like 99.999% of pines. Yew (Taxus), Norfolk Island Pine (Araucana heterophylla), and Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) are the toxic ones, yew especially.

>>1034205
It is only a problem where there is either toxic chemicals in the soil or there's high nitrogen in the soil. The plant takes up both. The nitrogen turns into nitrates and eating too much gives you nitrate toxicity. If the plants are grown in poor soils that don't have waste chemicals in them, you are fine to eat it. Even with high nitrogen soils, you'd need to eat a lot in order to have problems.

Boiling doesn't help. That just helps with people who get bloated with excess fiber and fresh plants in their diet. Like sunchoke for instance.

FYI, the garden variety is called, "magenta spreen". I grow the wild variety in my gardens and eat them fresh and as a potherb like spinach and collards. I actually have a boat load of seed from last year. Yes, you should be able to start it somewhere. Try places, in the sun, where there is bare ground already.

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These are all from one spot that I stumbled upon just now, and I only took about a third of them. Will be going back tomorrow for more.

>>1030997
And I swallow the one yew berry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8nLdVtatTI

>>1035131
What state?

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>>1035131

Jelly Status
[x] Jelly
[ ] Not Jelly

Have you ever tried drying them and powdering them, then frying fish coated in the powder? Shit is amazing, and has an almost red meat-like flavour.

>>1035131
see
>>1035410

After I cleaned them up (it took me almost two hours,) I weighed them to 833g. Ill be making chanterelle risotto the next few days I think.

>>1035478
Ive been wanting to try drying them for a long time. I just dont know how.
Do I need a dehumidifier, or can I just leave them out for a day or two?

>>1035410
Scandinavia

>>1035620
A: Set your oven to 200F/100C, put them in, and keep the door ajar about 1-2 inches.

B: Make a box out of cardboard that has an 50w-100watt incandescent light bulb in the bottom and a few air vents. Put mushrooms in it.

C: Make a solar dehydrator (google it)

D: Buy a cheap dehydrator from a thrift shop.

If you only leave them out there's a good chance they will just rot, depending on ambient humidity.

>>1035625
Thanks! Im gonna give the oven a try later today.
I made beef jerky once with this method, but it took 14 hours, I hope this will be a little quicker.

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Went back out there this morning. The spot is midway down this long opening in the forest that doesnt lead anywhere.

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>>1035754
Its hard to tell how many there actually were here

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>>1035757
An hour later this is what Ive got. Shoe for reference. Scale said 990g.

ok... I've looked up and down the net with no luck.
can anyone tell what/if there is a point that Cattail shoots are no longer good to harvest and eat?

>>1036036
When you can't easily poke into them with the gentle push of your fingernail. Normally, you eat the heart inside near the bottom by peeling off the leaves. You test the tenderness of the heart with your fingernail and only eat the parts that are tinder.

>>1036065
alright, thank you!

I'm planning to try a quick pickling recipe I'd found for them, would that possible render any hard parts to edibility again by softening them?

>>1036084
It is just fiber. They are technically edible, just not very palatable. It would be akin to eating hay.

If you have a patch of cattails, you could cut them all off. Then when the new shoots emerge, harvest those for eating.

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I always pick wood sorrel when hiking, just pluck the leaves from the bush and chew on them as I walk. They're sour (a bit like Granny Smith apples) and a very good thirst quencher. Would probably work in salads as well but I haven't tried that.

>>1036126
They are good in salad and potherb recipes. It adds a splash of flavor when used sparingly.

>>1030795
i eat plenty of blueberries and blackberries and raspberries in summer (Massachvsetts)

>>1031871
this angle feels lewd

>>1031869
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>>1031874
If you are in N.A. those are probably Hemlock vanish mushrooms ( Ganoderma tsugae) rather than G. lucidum but I think they have much of the same medicinal properties.

>>1030795
You can eat dandelion greens?
Wtf I love foraging now, those are everywhere

>>1036848
get em young

>>1036848
Get them when they are young and don't eat ones that might have been sprayed with pesticide (avoid public areas).

>>1035639
If possible, look into getting a dehydrator, an economy size excalibur is not too expensive, and it is excellent fort drying because it gets down to temperatures a conventional oven won't. The lower the temperature, the less of the flavour and aroma-producing chemicals you lose.

>>1036991
I want one so bad right now. Ive picked around 4kg chanterelles these last few days now, and been drying them the last two days in my oven. But the oven alters the flavour just a bit in a way a dehydrator wont.

I did the thing with the fish that Anon suggested, and he was completely right, it tasted like a nice piece of red meat. Thanks for the suggestion.

>>1030997
I always wondered how much of this do you need to eat before you die

>>1037227
I was told a story about this once.
Some different trees had been cut down and laid on a field where horses ran around, and they began eating of the trees. The farmer didnt realize one of these trees was a taxus until he found eight of his horses dead on the field.
But AFAIK they're much more poisonous for horses (and maybe some other animals) than humans.

>>1037257
>But they're much more poisonous for horses than humans.
I didn't think humans were poisonous to horses?

>>1030842
Me and my family often forage for nettles, we eat them on their own with some oil and boiled egg slices, it's delicious

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>>1037619
>nettles
s-stinging nettles

Apparently in France, pharmacists are trained to identify safe and toxic mushrooms, since mushrooming is so popular in rural France.

Is there any way a burger could get similar training, since just one misidentified 'shroom could end me?

>>1037627
They are delicious and you can grab them up and strip them down without getting stung, if you know how.

>>1037639
I remember my gramma nettle pansotti, really they was delicious

>>1037630
get help by a skilled mentor, here in Europe we have some mycology groups or associations where you can attend two weeks class

>>1030995
When we were kids, me and my friends used this to piss of others. You mash this in your fingers and then quickly spread it on someone's neck.

>>1031041
You can also make honey (syrup) from the flower.

>>1037155
Glad you liked it, if you get any morels maybe them a try too, I haven't foraged them before but I've heard they have a rich meaty flavour as well.

>>1037155
Chanterelles don't rehydrate well. Try pickling them.

Once pulled something that looked like marble sized onions out of the ground near a small stream. When I ate them they tasted really salty.

What did I eat? I don't even know. It was in south Carolina

>>1038296
They should be alright in sauces and risotto. Dehydrating a bunch and then freezing some. Otherwise they would take up too much space in the freezer.

>>1038268
Ive looked for them in the same forest i found the chanterelles, but never found any.
They probably dont grow similar places.

>>1036126

Tried some for the first time the other day and now I'm tempted to try and substitute it for citrus flavor in some recipes. They seem pretty temperature sensitive though, turned to mush almost the instant I put it in hot water for tea, so I'm thinking maybe throw some on some British style pancakes as a topping instead of the usual lemon juice.

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Sorry didn't check if there was one here already, got these from a tree near my studio.

>>1039076
Nice haul. How do they taste?

>>1031262
Wild onions where I live have three thick green grass like blades and the onion actually looks like an onion.

But now that I think about it that does look kinda like a chive or green onion however, the flower looks similar to what I remember hemlock looking like which is quite poisonous.

>>1039081
Most of them aren' rip yet, but the one I did have was still good!
There was more, thinking about setting my dehydrator up and drying moat of them.

>>1039161
most*

>>1031003

really fucking great with venison. but the birds will probably get them before you do

>>1031005
Ah, Giersch the tasty motherfucker.
A pest in every mothers garden, a delight for the cook.

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>>1039380

Is there a website that's region specific which shows the optimal times to begin searching for specific types of wild mushrooms?

>>1042086
no

alabama here, help me identify some of these?

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>>1030795

I lived in southern Oregon for a number of years and used to forage along the Rogue River.
Miner's Lettuce and Dandilion Greens are overrated. Taste like shit, desu.
Blackberries though - now you're fucking talking.
Pick a basket / bucket / whatever full, wash 'em in cold water at home, put 'em in a bowl and pour cream over them. Eat like cereal.
Fucking amazing.
They thrive in shady, moist areas like along rivers and creeks. Hell, most any gully or depression, for that matter.
They were all over the place.

I found a giant Morel the other week. First time I've ever seen one. Didn't think to take a picture of it before I ate it. Tasted pretty good.

Don't think I'll pick the next one I see because I imagine these things are probably endangered with how often they get picked. Cool to try though.

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>>1031435
This reads as a list of weeds in my garden and brings back nightmares of having to identify the RHS lists of plants.
I'm UK but for the last three years I've found them at the start of summer as opposed to august. Nice and easy to identify and tasty if fried up quickly as a chicken alternative. Look for old dead or decaying oaks in areas you know laetiporus sulphureus grow. Mushrooms tend to grow when certain humidity conditions are ripe rather than seasonal so a cold wet snap at the end of spring can flush out certain mushrooms, similarly a warm dry spell in October after a cold wet September can then bring another flush when the weather changes back to colder and wetter depending on the mushroom.

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>>1030997
I once had a kid eat the yew which grew at our school.

Nigga got hospitalized, luckily the fucking pesticide the janitors spray on it daily made her throw it up before it actually killed them.

I hated school.

>>1035131
Nice haul but you really should do a better job cleaning them of soil and debris before putting them in your basket or whatever. It makes life easier and you won't have sandy/dirty mushrooms.

>>1035758
>mushrooms in a knotted plastic bag
Not even once.

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>>1035758
>putting shrooms in a closed plastic bag

....have they started growing mold yet?

How come no one ever talks about collecting and eating acorns and maple seeds?

They are completely edible and non toxic when raw. They just have a bitter taste usually. And if the taste bothers you then just boil them for a little bit.

The best part is, you can roast both maple seeds and acorns to make a coffee substitute. Or you can dry them then grind them up to make a flour substitute.

I've heard some places that even the leaves are edible when still green. You simply have to blanch them first if the taste is too overpowering. But I don't know if that's true.

>>1035758
Next time poke some holes in the bags to allow air flow, so anons are not grossed out.

>>1046261
>acorns

You need to process them to leach the tannins out of they can wreck your kidneys. There's at least one Native American tribe who use those as their main staple crop. The bitterness is from the tannins. The boiling action is what helps remove the tannins. Normally, you grind them up into a paste, stir the paste into a big container of water, let it sit a few days, pour the water off, repeat once more. That leaches the tannins out and leaves you with some really nice acorn flour. Just dry it out for storage. This method allows you to eat acorns with impunity and without the bitterness. Otherwise, if you started eating untreated acorns as part of your diet, you will have kidney failure; it is no joke.

As for the leaves of oak and maple, only eat the new buds that are soft and palatable. Stir fry them, use them in soups/stews. Similar to eating pine tree buds. Eat sparingly. Don't be making these a regular part of your diet.

>tfw just finishing a cup of peppermint tea (2 cups water, 3 spoonfuls of brown sugar, 2 black tea bags)

Of the mint family, I have growing wild,

•Horsemint/Bee Balm: I had an herbal of that yesterday. The wiki taste description of spearmint-peppermint-oregano flavor is rather accurate. I don't have much of this and I'm trying to cultivate it now.
•Peppermint: Always great. It grows in my yard. Smells great every time I mow. I harvest, dry it, grind it, and make tea bags out of coffee filters for it.
•Wild Bergamot: This is an acquire taste for most people. Kind of like the smell/taste of a mechanic's garage or gun metal.
•Spearmint: A classic and it grows very prolific in this area.
•Mountain Mint: A very different smelling/tasting mint, quite nice. A bit rare around here though. I think I lost my main crop field though do it flooding and washing out.

There's also something that looks similar to catnip, but isn't. It smells faintly of mint, but I really don't like the smell. I've never been able to properly identify it. I also grow the lemony catnip in my garden. It tastes pretty good, but doesn't smell as good. The cats love it.

>>1046281
There's about 6 different separate species of catnip and about a gorillion hybrids involving catnip. It's probably one of those.

I've got some spearmint and some peppermint growing in my garden, and I planted some "purple catnip" from Lowe's last year that's struggling.

I need to get some bergamot planted around here, I LOVE the smell of that shit.

Unfortunately horsemint is b& in my county as an invasive, don't particularly want a $100,000 fine to plant it.

>>1046276
>tannins cause kidney failure

If that were true then every single person who drinks coffee or eats chocolate would be dead right now.

>>1048356
Acorns have too much tannin. Coffee doesn't have nearly as much. And, yes, some people have trouble with coffee tannins over time.

Acorn poisoning usually only happens in grazing animals who eat a lot of them; since humans usually can't stand the bitterness. Leaching the tannins out of the acorns removes the bitterness and the danger to humans.

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Got the chance to do some foraging on a holiday the south of France last October. After some pointers from my friends neighbours we headed out to the local woodlands and orchards to hunt for mushrooms.
Top: Parasol Mushroom caps
Centre: Bay Bolete (I think)
Bottom: Ceps/Porcini/Penny-Bun
And to the left you can also see some figs.

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>>1048461
More Parasols and a few field mushrooms. Check out the injured praying mantis we found in the porch.

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>>1048462
Quite proud of this one. Huge Cep that was completely untouched by maggots or bugs, I'd call it a perfect specimen.

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>>1048465
Another huge Cep although this one was manky as fuck when I cut it open so it got thrown out. Along with some fairly sizeable Chestnuts in the bag.

>>1048467
Mad Jelly/10

>>1032503
thats suburbanites for ya

Zone 6 in Eastern PA

Just moved here. Is there anything I can forage for? I don't even know what grows locally.

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Is it true that valerian needs to be left for at least a year to be useful as a sleep aid?

>>1048872
Curious about this as well.

>>1048842
A shit load of stuff. Start googling.

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Just found this today back in the UK. Chicken of the woods!

>>1049350
schnitzel time!

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Can anyone tell me what these are and if they're edible?

>>1050790
Can't remember the plant name, but the berries are best left to the birds. Won't kill you, but they'll give you some gut problems for a few days if you eat them

got tons of black raspberries and made jam
going back for more soon

>dick would be proud

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Found this in the yard, kinda looks like grape but doesn't seem to have 5 lobes.
Can I get anyone id it?

Any good foraging youtube channels I should know about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgsluF0jXo

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Morel hunting in southern ohio, usually go out late April or early may. Slayed them this year. This wasthe first one I found

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Cornelian cherries picking time!
Tip: If not ripe enough, throw em in the bag and bury them for a few days.

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Got the try the PNW native blackberries this year for the first time. I've picked the invasive Himalayan ones all my life-- and thought they were pretty good-- but damn have I been missing out.

The native ones are a lot smaller and harder to find in a useful quantity, but holy shit are they good. Sweeter, more flavorful, fewer thorns on the plant. I can't wait to find some more.

Got to make my own thimbleberry jam this year for the first time too. Less enthusiastic about thimbleberries, but they're all right. Kinda like hyper-delicate, mediocre raspberries. A little lemon zest and sugar help the flavor. At least they scratch my foraging itch while I wait for better things to show up.

Anyone got some suggestions for a better way to use thimbleberries? I've got access to a huge patch, but I'm not to keen to pick a shitload without something better to do with them.

What's ripe in your neck of the woods?

So i live in new york fulton county area and was wondering what are the edibles out in the forest. What is edible and posinous and what looks simular and what are to stay away from. I may have white parisoul mushrooms not sure didnt get a pic of them at the time but they have a white cap with brown to red type frills (i think whats its called) but i also know we have wild rasberry and blackberry and some wild grape too. But really want to know what could i find mushroom wise and berry wise that i could make something into like a pie or soup. We also have feral apples which i pick right after the first frost if any are still on.

>>1054090
go back to rebbit you raging faggot

>>1054483
I never came from rebbit nibba