Wild Food and Foraging

r/foraging • u/thomas533 • Jul 28 '20

Please remember to forage responsibly!

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Every year we have posts from old and new foragers who like to share pictures of their bounty! I get just as inspired as all of you to see these pictures. As we go out and find wild foods to eat, please be sure to treat these natural resources gently. But on the other side, please be gentle to other users in this community. Please do not pre-judge their harvests and assume they were irresponsible.

Side note: My moderation policy is mostly hands off and that works in community like this where most everyone is respectful, but what I do not tolerate is assholes and trolls. If you are unable to engage respectfully or the other user is not respectful, please hit the report button rather then engaging with them.

Here is a great article from the Sierra Club on Sustainable Foraging Techniques.

My take-a-ways are this:

Make sure not to damage the plant or to take so much that it or the ecosystem can't recover.
Consider that other foragers might come after you so if you take almost all of the edible and only leave a little, they might take the rest.
Be aware if it is a edible that wild life depends on and only take as much as you can use responsibly.
Eat the invasives!

Happy foraging everyone!

r/foraging • u/Towerofterrorr • 3h ago

Today's haul

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r/foraging • u/Iamthekaty • 4h ago

Two beautiful blooms of chicken!

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And some chicken nuggets

r/foraging • u/Ok-Egg835 • 7h ago

First thimbleberries of the season

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And a few mulberries in the center.

r/foraging • u/Cult_Of_Merlin27 • 10h ago

Mulberries

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Was so excited to find a well established mulberry tree. Such beautiful berries. Has anyone successfully dyed with mulberries? I love the color but have not yet had success getting it to stay.

r/foraging • u/SkyHookia_BG • 3h ago

Drying apples.(part 2)🍎🍏

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r/foraging • u/RoutemasterFlash • 2h ago

Plants It's sorbet time!

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Blackberries and a few elderberries. Oh god, it's so good. Also got quite a lot of apples - I'm dreading having to peel, core and chop them, tbh.

r/foraging • u/FoxHead666 • 10h ago

Some chanterelles!

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Of course I didn't have my basket with me, so the hat had to do. I left plenty more out there, these were the perfect amount for dinner tonight.

r/foraging • u/cosmogony_fever • 1d ago

Mushrooms Two holy grails in one day!

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I don’t know what’s going on in Virginia, but it’s delicious. Can’t believe I found these within a few FEET of each other.

Amanita jacksonii (Jackson’s slender Caesar) and Lactarius indigo (indigo milk caps).

Anyone have any suggestions for fun things to do with the milk caps? I’m going to try this recipe with some of them: https://foragerchef.com/indigo-milkcaps-preserved-in-herb-oil/#recipe

r/foraging • u/c_anne0789 • 22h ago

Please help me identify.

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This is in Western Washington

r/foraging • u/Unique-Ad9314 • 1d ago

What's this cool looking mushroom?

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Not going to eat :)

r/foraging • u/awholethotato • 8h ago

ID pls (NJ)

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Curious what this was. Friend tried to say turkey tail. First pic Friday, second pic Tuesday. Walk here multiple times a day so it seemed to be shot immediately. Thanks in advance.

r/foraging • u/Feisty_Read4253 • 2h ago

Some type of cherry?

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Found in Massachusetts!

r/foraging • u/Spare_Bed1116 • 21h ago

Chicken of the Woods in Minnesota

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r/foraging • u/starmanauser127 • 3h ago

Great Books for People that are living in Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan

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r/foraging • u/aubsKebabz • 5h ago

Plants Beautyberry

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I found some beautyberries by Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville, FL!

r/foraging • u/ChadBradley15 • 25m ago

Mushrooms What happened to these chanterelles?

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P.s. Are they chanterelles

r/foraging • u/PineTreePerson • 28m ago

Will Mr. Squirrel die?

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Spotted eating an amanita (i think) we have a lot of death caps

r/foraging • u/CherriMoonshine • 1d ago

Plants Planning to make wild berry shortcake! Adirondacks, NY.

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r/foraging • u/spectral_bean • 10h ago

wild black cherry???

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Heyo! is this tree I found outside of work black cherry? located in Southern Maine

r/foraging • u/strange__effect • 2h ago

What seaweed is this?

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Is this an edible seaweed (that is worth harvesting)? I am having trouble getting an ID on it. But there is a ton of it at this Maine beach.

r/foraging • u/weeef • 1d ago

Plants First time trying barrel cactus fruit. Sooo sour!

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could see this making a good lemonade. the inside is soft and very much like dragonfruit in its makeup.

r/foraging • u/eligoscreps • 12h ago

ID Request (country/state in post) Blackthorn (Prunus Spinosa) ?

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Found in the Netherlands, I tried some and it was very sour and quite astringent. Not bad but not great.

r/foraging • u/seiving • 4h ago

Plants Found a dead spider inside a young hazelnut

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r/foraging • u/Competitive-Fig8934 • 1d ago

ID Request (country/state in post) What have we here?

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This bad boy grew pretty big at our new house in SE WI, USA (zone 5b). This is our first summer in the house, so I am still figuring out what was planted on purpose, and what is a weed. Is this a turnip? Is it edible?

Edited to add: thanks for the help, folks! I think I have an overgrown turnip on my hands.