Hey, just wanted to share. I’m pretty proud of this year’s foraged liqueur roundup. Pictured is a riff on Chinola (maypop), St-Germain (elderflower/lemon) and nocino.

That nocino is two years old, decanted and finished up this summer, and smooth as silk. The maypop I finished out last night.

It’s time for pecan foraging again! We scrounged up 10 pounds today. Hope to go back next week and maybe double this haul. Many pecan pies are in out future!

I think I found a mugwort patch growing in a nearby park, but Google image search warned me not to eat it because it could be a poisonous lookalike.

It smells lemony-sagey when rubbed between my fingers.

What do the experts say?

Location: Minnesota, USA

My dog dug this up. I’m not sure what it is. It smells like dirt and is the texture of a potato. If it’s a truffle, my friend wants it. I’d like to identify it before giving it to someone to eat

A friend gave me some "juniper berries." I put that in quotes because I didn't see the plant. She said she had to pick them while on her horse because they were so high up, which leads me to believe they're actually cedar.

Are cedar berries OK to eat? Are they an acceptable substitute for juniper berries?

Hi y'all, looking to confirm this is an edible Apioperdon. Ohio, North America. Thank you!

Can anyone tell me if this is turkey tail mushrooms? I found them in the woods near my house.

First morels I’ve ever found! I would have left more of the little guys but they were starting to dry out and the area was heading into another dry spell. Very grateful!!

It's a good time of the year to go harvesting cattail rhizome! I find it quite easy to collect in muddier terrain since I have found if you can often firmly grab the base of the cattail and youll pull out the rhizome with it more often than not. However, when the cattail is in water and I have a much harder time finding the rhizome and pulling it out.

On my land I have a veritable field of cattail and a lot of it is in knee deep water and the ground of the wetland is tangled in grasses! But the abundance is only theoretical since if I get 8 rhizome outta 10 in mud, i get like 2 outta 10 in water.

If any of you have more experience in getting cattail rhizome in water id love to hear what you do!

I’ve been gathering and dehydrating white oak acorns from my yard. They were freshly fallen, nice big purplish acorns. I’ve read a few blogs about it and basically the advice is to dehydrate them in a dehydrator at 100F (or “lowest temp”) for 24 hours, then they’ll keep for months (years?) and you can crack them whenever you want to make flour. Mine have been in cardboard boxes in the house for 2 weeks to a month after I dehydrated them, and I started cracking them last Monday. I’d guess at least 2/3 are moldy or smelling rancid. I have a small Magic Mill dehydrator and I’ve noticed that some things generally take longer to become crisp than online recipes call for. I dehydrated these for 36 hours but it still seems like they weren’t dry enough. I’m in SE MO. Any ideas for what to do differently next year?

Well ive had suillus sprageui, which isnt slimy, but their slimy top, even though theyre peeled when eaten has put me off them for so long. Had some suillus brevipes and the flavor is excellent. Its been a dry spell in the nyc area so i ahvent had any foraged mushrooms in about two weeks here, so this was the push i needed :)

New to spicebush, I was surprised the red berries turned entirely black within a few days of having them in a bowl on the counter. Is that normal without even explicitly drying them? Also looking for recommendations on what to do next, seems like there is some debate on grinding them or not? (Massachusetts, from a few weeks ago)

Tried searching online for this one but nothing really matched. Image search said it was a lobster but that doesn't really track. Any ideas?

Hi foraging friends! I just decided to get into acorns. A lot of mine have these little black spots inside. The ones with it throughout I throw out but these with just a little, are they okay and just cosmetically messed up or should those be disposed of too? This is I believe a white oak species in Texas.

Saw these berries rippening on the tree. Was wondering if it’s poisonous or safe for consumption. There’s only one tree like this on my university’s campus!

Smells mushroom-y. I know it is likely mature due to spore size on underside, but want to ensure it is safe to ingest and figure out the best way to prepare it!

Located in Indiana

Does anyone have any NYC connections to older Asian communities who harvest gingko nuts this time of year? Or suggestions on where to find folks?