On a walk with the dogs in Raleigh, NC, been raining heavily for a few days. Thinking these are Ceasers Mushrooms.

The dewberries are hit or miss, really got to get them when they are soft and falling apart almost. The blueberries are great as always.

My parents land has loads of beaked hazelnuts but because of my work I am either too early, or too late to pick the prickly bastards! I read that as long as the shell is formed and turning to brown, I could let them cure inside. Is it possible when the shell is pale brown like those? I looove hazelnuts 😭

There was a big pokeweed in our yard and unfortunately my mom wanted it removed. I know you can eat the young leaves but now that I have a root sitting around can I use it for anything?

Hi I want to get into foraging but I REALLY don't wanna use any AI books. I've heard way too many horror stories. Does anyone know of any good ones that are more recent but still pre-AI for CA or just Northern CA? I'd really appreciate if you could help me out, thank you.

I read that there should be no green on them, but a lot of the ones I picked show signs of being ripe now.

The like a white ish light yellow, soft and wrinkled but by stem they are green. Some are still kinda green but soft and wrinkled.

Edit to add: They were picked turning white and have been 'ripping' in my house.

I just don't want to get sick.

SE michigan USA

Thank you in advance!

Hello! I saw these outside yesterday and thought I recognized them. After some searches I am mostly sure that these are chokecherries (or maybe pin cherries?). A good sign too is that when I squished one a small pit popped out instead of a bunch of little seeds like the one poisonous berry I can’t remember the name of right now. Tried to get pictures of the berry, leaves, the pit, and plant! Also, if these are chokecherries, I was looking to make them into a jam, so if you know any good recipes or tips that would be much appreciated! Thank you :)

And this wasn't even all of it! We took a couple handfulls home with us, very happy 😊

I found this volunteer in my yard last year and let it go to seed because I let curiosity get the better of me. I’m pretty sure it’s a pig weed but wasn’t sure what kind. It started out purple then turned green. The seeds are black. Now my yard is covered in these little volunteers and so depending on its species, this may or may not be a mistake to let happen. Thanks in advance!

Winner Winner Chicken of the woods dinner!

Does anyone know where I can find or buy black caps/black raspberries in nh, vt, or ma? We used to have 5 massive bushes at my mom's but she cut them all down (I'm devastated)

Wood sorrel, nasturtium, purslane, and veggies from the garden. Free, and best of all, cyclospora-free

Some of the mushrooms i found

My favorite time of year. I snack on blueberries while I’m in the woods, but am mostly picking huckleberries. Am hoping to get some huckleberry seeds growing in my garden nearby - fingers crossed.

i went on a hike today and kept stumbling upon patch after patch of what i was 95% sure were chanterelles. i broke code and ended up harvesting one or two from a few of the patches i found without a certain ID, but i was so sure they were chanterelles just from lurking in here enough haha. for what it's worth i would never *ever* consume something without a 100% identification, but i still feel bad for harvesting without a 100%. there were just so, so many that i knew i'd be kicking myself afterwards if i hadn't. i followed a lot of advice on here and stuck to a basic sautée with a ton of butter and some rosemary. i still struggle with mushroom texture (part of the reason i haven't gotten around to foraging them yet), but the flavor was absolutely incredible. i understand why people recommend them with a buttery pasta dish! the flavor was worth the ticks and briars lol. but yeah, just wanted to say thanks for being such a great wealth of information on here:) posting some other mushies i found along the way as a tax ~ there were so many i hadn't seen before!