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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee DrainKikoLake @lemmy.ca Backyard foraging: Dandelion flowers for tea
I don't have a lot of experience with foraging but since we have so many dandelions this seemed like an easy way to start! They're laid out on a clean sheet to dry in the sun (it'll hit them in about an hour and stay on them just about until sunset).
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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee Remy Rose @piefed.social It's elm samara season!
At least where I live anyway lol. That wondrous single week where we exclusively eat elm samaras before they all disappear. All the ones here are the invasive Siberian ones too so I don't even have to be careful or considerate about harvesting them! This whole big bowl came from a single small branch.
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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee pseudo @jlai.lu How to dry dandelion flower?
Dandelion are in full blossom right now. I want to dry some flowers to have dandelion tee later in the season. How do I do that? Should I lay them on news paper? I don't now how to do it.
Bonus question: Do you know if I can eat cherries tree flowers?
Thank you follow foragers!
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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee Lenny @lemmy.world Morels season is upon us
Ahoy foragers! I know it's been a cold quiet winter, but we're standing at the base camp of a very fruitful season of foraging! I saw the other day that a morel had been spotted in Georgia, and I did some crunching of data soon to be published on my soon to be published website, and have it on good authority that next week might be our first promising window for morels!
I've never eaten one, have no idea how they taste, and am on one hell of a mission to find one this season.
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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee Lenny @lemmy.world What season/plant are you excited for? What's next on your forage list?
For me, ramps and morels! I know we still have a couple of months, but I'm already prepping my knowledge and researching my locations.
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Forage Fellows 🍄🌱 @lemm.ee LibertyLizard @slrpnk.net Ideas for using candy caps?
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16647060
Candy caps (Lactatius rubidus) are fruiting abundantly on the Northern California coast right now. My family and I picked about 2 pounds today. For those unfamiliar, these mushrooms develop a strong maple flavor and odor when dried.
I’ve never had so many before, so I’m interested if anyone has made anything interesting with these. I’ve made ice cream in the past which was excellent but it might be good to mix things up a bit.
I’m particularly interested to see how they would work in more savory dishes and if anyone has eaten them fresh. Is it worth doing or do they need to be dried to be appreciated properly?
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I’ve got my work cut out for me. But the timing should be perfect with thanksgiving.
Found in mid-November in Cascadia. What are they? Please see the description for more information.
View the spoiler for my guess at what I think it might be, but please first come to your own conclusion before looking at mine — I don't want to bias your guess. ::: spoiler My guess Psilocybe cyanescens :::
They were found in mid-november in the Salish Coast region of Cascadia. They were growing out of woodchips composed of a mixture of western hemlock (majority), and western red cedar.
Side view of one full mature specimen:
A group with a sample of the substrate (the cap appears to be umbonate):
A closeup side view, and internal view of the stem (it appears to be hollow):
My first time finding lobster mushrooms! A nice patch of them was on a path I walk several times a week. I picked the biggest ones and left some smaller ones that are still growing. I plan on checking back in a couple days.
I learned today that lobster mushrooms are actually a parasitic fungus!
Anyone have any recipe suggestions?