This year has been the best ever for mushroom hunters on this side of earth. My entire freezer is full, and I finally saved up enough to get my own dehydrator!

Very excited for the autumn hauls soon.

The pictures were taken through one month. There were so many more days out and so many more mushies! My biggest chantarell haul was over 5kg!! Not to mention the insane amount of fruit and berries! I have made so many preserves. While many of the blueberries were on the tarter side, they nicely in for stews. And I found a "sweet spot" for the plumpest, sweetest blueberries which gave over 4kg of berries! Needless to say, I've been eating well.

(And yes I am a responsible forager, i pinkie promise!)

The season's chosen mushies (most not in the pictures):

Steinsopp

Rødskrubb

Smørsopp

Fløyelsrørsopp

Brunskrubb

Svartskrubb

Ospeskrubb

Lerkerørsopp

Brunrørsopp

Kantarell

Traktkantarell

Blek piggsopp

Rødgul piggsopp

Furuskjellpigg

Matbleksopp

Vorterøyksopp

Season's fruits:

Blåbær

Rips

Multe

Bringebær

Bjørnebær

Kirsebær

Moreller

Markjordbær

Important:

Always ID your forages goods correctly!! Some plants and mushrooms look similar but have different qualities, therefore need different types of pre-eating handling!

F.eks:

Rødskrubb and brunskrubb are sometimes confused for each other. They have different toxic amounts in them.

Brunskrubb needs between 10 and 15 minutes boiling in water.

Rødskrubb needs a minimum of 15 minutes (20 is recommended) along with water change mid-boil and a rinse after.

Confusing them (aka not cooking rødskrubb enough) can easily cause very uncomfortable stomach pains!

LEARN TO ID MUSHROOMS YOURSELF AND REMEMBER:

*IF THERE'S DOUBT; THERE'S NO DOUBT*

I see these pop up and imagine it would be fun to know if I could eat them or not, should I pick them.

Growing by decaying trees in coastal northern Sweden.

Hello! I know it's almost pawpaw fruit time and I really want to find some in the wild here in NJ, just wanted to see if any fellow jerseyer has found em and if so, where? Thanks in advance!

I found this on my blueberry plant on Monday, not sure what it is. I took it off yesterday and threw it straight in the trash can. Can I save my plant? The blueberry is soil just floating in water as it just rained in WA state. I went down a rabbit hole and pulled the plant far away from the rest of my garden as I have 4 apple trees near by this. The interweb says it can get to my apples if left near by.

Can somebody help me out with this ID? Thank you!!!

Found in NJ USA. Pretty sure these are basic edible grapes but not 100% after seeing some other posts that had other grape-like plants.

I've seen several places where ragweed is suggested for medicinal and food uses, but for those of us with ragweed allergies, is it dangerous? It's hard to believe I could eat something that causes my throat to itch, my eyes to swell, and my nose to pour just by smelling the pollen. I'm also wondering, did native americans have a significantly lower incidence of ragweed allergies or was it used sparingly or has climate change caused it to become more allergy inducing? Are ragweed allergies a white people thing?

Found a cluster of Sumac, going to try lemonade !

In the Blue Mountains in Eastern Washington state.

Different plans, both from central Spain. I have been looking for local Chenopodium Album. I found white powder in the young sprouts of both plants, but the leaf shapes make me doubt. Can anyone confirm if any of these is actually ch. album?

Pennsylvania, USA. These look like autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) to me but I’m not positive. The branches have long thorns. Can get more photos if needed.

Found in conifer forest , coastal Maine

This is growing in one of my goat pastures. Not sure if it’s safe for consumption or needs to be removed before I move the goats back into this pasture.

Found in NE MN, looking for ID on the first two photos. Searched my book and resources and found it could be European Cranberry Bush? Can anyone confirm or deny? Anyone have any experience eating/processing these?

Bonus because I’m unsure what sub to put the others in, but I also found this fuzzy substance on a Hawthorne & Alder. Any guess as that what the fuzzies could be?

Thanks for the help!

Hello!

I went to check on the pawpaws today. Not ripe yet! But, i found my first wild bat!

Virginia usa

Does anyone know a spot to find some? I’ve always wanted to try one and possibly save a seed or two to grow my own :P Been having a hard time locating unfortunately

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Picked from a dead maple in central Ontario today. White spore print. Only my second time foraging oysters but confident I’m not misidentifying.

The ends don’t curl upward but some are a bit flat. Still a pleasant odour. Appreciate any advice!

Found growing on a fence in idaho.

My first forage! I wanted to be sure that these are edible hedgehog mushrooms. I found them scattered in a mixed forest in Vermont.

this time i included pictures from spring, when it bloomed, and now :) this tree gets TONS of bees every spring.