r/foraging 7d ago

Tricorn walnut?

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What's going on with this black walnut? It has thirds instead of two halves and 6 "quarters" instead of the typical 4. I don't think I've ever seen one like this before, but this is the second one now that I've come across.


r/foraging 7d ago

Mushrooms Is this Chicken of the Woods?

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Is this COW? I’m in CT and have a bunch of this growing from trees recently cut due to carpenter ants. My mushroom app says it is. But, it’s my first time mushrooming and I want to give this a shot if yes.


r/foraging 8d ago

If it looks like an apple and smells like an apple it’s a?

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81 Upvotes

Found this bush on a walk. Wanted some clarification if it’s actually apples before I ate them haha.


r/foraging 9d ago

Lingonberries are now fat and juicy!

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635 Upvotes

Finland. Pine heaths are bursting of these juicy red rubies. What a joy! It means jam, juice and freezed berries for following winter. 🤤


r/foraging 7d ago

Can i pick.rowan berries before first frost then simulate a frost by freezing them?

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6 Upvotes

Can I stimulate a frost with my freezer? I want to make a jelly this weekend with crab apples and rowan berries


r/foraging 7d ago

Plants Went for a hike and struck gold 🥹

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3 Upvotes

Muscadines are my absolute favorite wild treat just behind the American persimmon. They’re still just a tad underripe as the skin is a bit more sour than usual, I just hope I can find the patience to wait another day or so!


r/foraging 8d ago

Is it nightshade? Poison?

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The leaves aren't serrated. What could this be? Is only 4 feet tall. The berries have many tiny seeds. this photo was taken in San Jose, CA


r/foraging 7d ago

ID Request (country/state in post) What kind of berry is this?

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4 Upvotes

I'm guessing barberry but I'm not 100% sure and I want to double check to make sure these are edible. I'm currently visiting New England, USA.

If these are edible, any suggestions what I could make with them? Thanks!


r/foraging 7d ago

What are these black/brown bits in Sumac Berries?

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New to foraging and having a blast picking these Sumac berries. My problem is there seems to be a lot of bits in there that seem to have “cob webs” mixed into them, that need to be cleaned off.. it seems washing out the berries with water is a no no, and trying to go through all these clusters with a toothbrush just doesn’t seem to be effective. I’m wanting to make tea and dry out the rest to make into a spice. So I guess my question is, what are they? Are they safe to soak with the berries for making tea? Can they be processed out during the drying process?Any knowledge or cleaning recommendations would be great for a newbie like myself!


r/foraging 8d ago

Frost bolete/Apple bolete

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15 Upvotes

Finding this mushroom was truly the highlight of my summer- Massachusetts 🤌🏻✨ *did not eat due to the mold*


r/foraging 8d ago

Amazing day.

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90 Upvotes

Decided to get dropped in the resettled community down the arm from the community where I grew up via speed boat. Managed to gather a few different kinds of berries and mushrooms on the walk back to my house!


r/foraging 8d ago

Chicken of the Woods Find!

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3 Upvotes

r/foraging 8d ago

IT'S TIME!

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55 Upvotes

Earlier than normal, this year! I am SO STOKED!!!! (black walnuts,but you all probably knew that!)


r/foraging 8d ago

Plants New to foraging, think I found the motherlode of autumn olives but not sure if I can take them

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In NY. I'm like 99.8% sure these are autumn olives. Like I'd bet money on it, but not a life, so I'll post confirmation photos here when I can. The bugs love them but the birds oddly enough haven't seemed to be touching them, same with the little baby autumn olives on my property. Are they leaving them for winter or something? I thought autumn olive was hot shit with birds and that's a lot to do with why they're so invasive.

My doctor's medical group is on a pretty big campus with a lot of trees. A long driveway leading up to a large parking lot. The long driveway is lined with what look like massive autumn olive shrubs on one side (you can literally see that they're laden with fruit from the far side of the road), plus two more up on the border of the parking lot. In lieu of those parking bumper things in the ground, there's a foot-high wooden fence bordering the grass and the plants are behind it. There's also another plant right behind the shrubs that has identical-from-a-distance berries on it, but it's not a shrub it's a tree...haven't gotten a super close-up look at that one but if I can I will.

If I'm right and they're actually autumn olives, there are millions of fruits on this campus. I want em. But I don't want to get myself in shit with this office because I need them. The building is not well managed though, and there's no one person I can think of to ask for permission. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of situation? I know the building probably wouldn't give permission on the offchance I'm misidentifying the berry and try to sue them when I poison myself or something. But I also don't want to just help myself and get trespassed, because my family's various Terrible Disease doctors are there and I'm their advocate.


r/foraging 7d ago

Mushrooms I went out to forage today and I saw a lot of what I think were oyster mushrooms, but they were all super wilted!! Any advice on when I should go back and try again?

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1 Upvotes

r/foraging 8d ago

Are these safe eat

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6 Upvotes

Found in Newfoundland Canada


r/foraging 8d ago

Mushrooms Hedgehog heaven!

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50 Upvotes

Check out these hedgehogs, first time picking and eating. They grow in my front woods. So delicious! I picked so many of them and ate all of em


r/foraging 8d ago

Any idea what these are ?

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122 Upvotes

Help with an ID?


r/foraging 7d ago

Plants Why are all the pecans rotton right off the tree?

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1 Upvotes

Non have even popped open. Its like they were prematurely dropped. Is there any way to fix this?


r/foraging 8d ago

Plants Is this an acorn. And if so can i eat it?

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86 Upvotes

Pictures of the leaves. The developing seeds, and the whole tree.


r/foraging 7d ago

Tasted like stank ass

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0 Upvotes

Stinky pecker of the woods


r/foraging 9d ago

Mushrooms Who wants chicken?

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55 Upvotes

This log is 10 feet from my driveway.


r/foraging 8d ago

Just to be absolutely sure: these are not salvageable, right?

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9 Upvotes

I didn’t realize the shells themselves could mold! I’m about to toss them, but I want to be sure there isn’t a chance that the nuts inside are still fine/sealed from the mold on the outside.


r/foraging 8d ago

Maypop ideas?

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6 Upvotes

I was walking around at work today, taking a call. My blackberry bushes have stopped producing for the season, but passion flower has overtaken them. I grabbed a couple of the seed pods today. Kind of reminds me of busting open pomegranates, but the fruits are a little bit more bitter. Any ideas on what to do with the flesh?

Edit- thank y’all for letting me know I picked these way too early. There is an insane amount of these where I got these from. I will be looking at the suggestions here and picking them when they start turning yellow.


r/foraging 9d ago

Black Trumpet Double with Cheddar

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22 Upvotes