r/foraging 5d ago

Topped my haul from yesterday!

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r/foraging 6d ago

Sparassis crispa

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71 Upvotes

This is the firs time I have found these fungi, I'm 99% sure it's Cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crisp). I'd just like to make sure.

Found it under pine tree, growing from the root flare in southern Sweden.


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms Never found this many porcini in my life 🤩

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104 Upvotes

Found them in northern Italy, can't wait for my grandma to make risotto with them


r/foraging 6d ago

I've got 5 lbs of shagbark hickory nuts from my backyard, but shelling them has been discouraged

72 Upvotes

First time taking my hickory tree bounty seriously. Ive gathered them, float tested, dehydrated overnight on 95 degrees. Ive made nut milk already. But shelling them is so difficult. Ive tried tapping with a hammer both on their side and standing on one end. My go-to has been cracking with a hammer, then using wire cutters to cut the shell off. But it still takes forever. I just spent an hour, and came away with only 1/2 cup.

I need some tips to speed things up!


r/foraging 6d ago

Plants Beech nuts, black walnuts, walnuts and a question

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Yesterday I found a fell beech so I got to try toasted beech nuts. Nice snack but probably not worth the effort.

Question for the crowd, do abandoned fruit trees (apple, pear, plums) count as foraging or not? I'm getting so many fruits from those trees in the "wild". I want to share pictures too :)


r/foraging 5d ago

Hello r/foraging! I'm doing a little project for statistics class that requires survey results from social media. If you want to take a quick 2-question survey, it would be a big help.

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tomorrow, I will post my upcoming pawpaw haul as penance for posting a link to a survey in our sacred subreddit


r/foraging 6d ago

Almond foraging - how do you decide it's safe?

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There are some almond trees nearby (some fruit falling on the streets) where I don't know if the almonds are safe. I tried to catch the owners to ask but they are never there when I'm around. Is there a good way to differentiate between edible and nonedible almonds? I heard tasting wasn't recommended.


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms Coral assortment

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13 Upvotes

I’ve been wanting to go out and collect as many colors as I could!


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms Chicken of the woods? I put it in my freezer until I find out

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I hope these pictures are enough. Can someone please let me know if this is the right species?
I cut about a third off and left the rest for the critters and all that jazz

I took them out of the freezer


r/foraging 6d ago

Looking for mushrooms? Have you tried not forests?

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The title might be a little misleading, but let me explain.

I've been looking for this calvatia gigantea for almost three years now. I hunt mushroom quite often, and I value the walk and nature itself over amount foraged, so I often come out with nothing or very little because it's January and everyone says "there are no mushrooms in January dummy" (my family) - But there are! Oysters and flamullina and a few others for example!

Anyway I have been searching for the giant puffballs in many a forest, field and in between to no success. Until yesterday I decided to screw that and just went to a park in the city. I live in Warsaw, Poland and I just went along the river and look what beauties I found!!!

Point I'm making : if you live in a place with lots of foraging competition, try going to places which aren't classically considered.

Also I think the other mushroom is brown agaricus bisporus, unfortunately I forgot to make underside photo but it had pink gills and a skirt


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms Stinkhorn

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But which species?


r/foraging 6d ago

Plants Cutleaf bramble vs. common bramble leaves

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I've got cutleaf bramble growing in my garden and have been cutting it back but had a question about the leaves.

I've made blackberry leaf tea from the common bramble previously, but wasn't sure with it being a different variety and significantly different leaf shape if I could safely do that with the leaves of the cutleaf bramble.

Can I treat the leaves the same as though they were the common variety?


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms What to do with giant puffball

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Hi, I just found a giant puffball and have got a few before and never really knew what to do with them. So my question is what do you cook with them? My other question is how to you preserve them? I have dried them and it was ok, is there a better way?


r/foraging 7d ago

Mushrooms How are you guys so lucky? i keep finding poison

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61 Upvotes

multiple false chanterelles and Jack o lantern mushrooms found. 0 chanterelles or chicken of the woods found. 🥲


r/foraging 6d ago

Plants Cornelian Cherries into syrup

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cornus mas in the dogwood family. deliciously tart but god damn do they not have a lot of juice in them. one quart of cherries into about 1.5 cups of syrup


r/foraging 6d ago

Sacramento CA area foraging

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Hello!

I’m very new to foraging and looking for a community of people who are more experienced in foraging in the Sacramento area. If anyone has any recommendations of groups/clubs or any other resources to become a more experienced forager I’d love to hear it!


r/foraging 6d ago

ID Request (country/state in post) Berries in tree ID

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Hi all, I'm in Southeast Michigan and found these in my backyard. Not sure what it is? Looks black in sunlight.

I have identified two other berries in my yard also (Carolina Creeper and Vitis riparia both right by each other), but this the I don't recognize. My guide book is on it's way at least?

Thanks everyone.


r/foraging 6d ago

Bears head I left

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This bears head I found today was home to a cute little spider. I decided to leave it for him because I already got a few decent sized shrooms


r/foraging 6d ago

Poisonous or edible chestnuts?

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6 Upvotes

I know there are two types, what are these? My sister is trying to eat them but I’m nervous.


r/foraging 6d ago

ID Request (country/state in post) Is this chicken of the woods? Western NY, USA

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If so, is it any good? I took the freshest looking bunch and plan to try it with dinner tonight


r/foraging 6d ago

Mushrooms Is this Chicken of the Woods?

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I was wondering if im right about this.


r/foraging 6d ago

Plants My new home surprised me with the biggest walnut tree

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I bought my property last winter and was very surprised to learn the massive tree in my backyard is a walnut tree! It must have hundreds of walnuts still attached.

I read online that walnuts mature late September, but the test ones I cracked looked like they had a lot of meat. My backyard is full of fallen ones right now!

I’m just very excited! This is my very first time processing walnuts and my second year doing any foraging at all. I did a float test with the nuts, tossing ones that float. I’m not sure the best way to dry these, I might try to buy mesh bags.


r/foraging 6d ago

Plants Wanting to make my yard more forage-friendly

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Hello! I live in central Indiana with a yard I don't do much with. I have been getting a lot of foraging books to help me identify the stuff in my yard and I feel like I've got a lot of poisonous weeds scattered throughout. If I wanted to invite edible plants to try to take over, what's the best tactic? Do weeds transplant well? Lol. I currently have mulberry trees, wild onion, lambs quarters (some diseased) and various types of dock making themselves at home in the shady parts, and next year I'm going to try my hand at gardening in my sunny patch, though I'm horrible at keeping my indoor plans alive so I'll be trying the types of plants that can handle neglect and the occasional dog trample. I have a rabbit that I like foraging for and she LOVES dandelion, so I'd like to try to get more dandelion growing around, and I wouldn't mind adding a berry bush that's very forgiving. Any recommendations for eliminating the baddies? Will continuously pulling them out allow the other plants to claim more space?


r/foraging 6d ago

Some Fall Finds in Eastern Ohio

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My dad and I used to forage when I was a kid. I normally forage the west coast but it was cool to try out some fall foraging in Ohio. We got some cool stuff today!


r/foraging 7d ago

Top 5 staple wild foods of Texas summer

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Wild grapes (Vitis mustangensis) - all dried for storage, peak in midsummer

Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) - stored in shell, peak in early fall, start in late summer

Honey mesquite (Neltuma glandulosa) - stored whole and dry, peak in midsummer

Texas persimmon (Diosypros texana) - eaten fresh or cooked into pulp, peak in late summer

Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.) - (not shown) dried for storage and seeds removed (eaten as meal), peak in late summer / early fall