The most dangerous foragers are overconfident beginners. The safest are humble experts. Always be 100% confident and COMFORTABLE with your plant or mushroom ID. If you aren’t comfortable that’s ok. Keep learning and come back to your spot next year.

white tail doe > elk 🤷‍♂️ Both are amazing though

Every forager eventually learns: abundance is relative. A “huge” patch one year might vanish the next. Gratitude is part of the skill.

Foragers! Do you know what mushroom this is?

Cream of mushroom soup with hedgehogs, oyster mushrooms and lions mane😍🍄‍🟫

First time harvesting cow parsnip earlier this year gone wrong😂 Thankfully I didn’t get any burns. The chemicals in cow parsnip that can cause these burns are furanocoumarins (also called psoralens). When the plant’s sap gets on your skin and is then exposed to UV light

Here is why i LOVE grass 😬

Foraging doesn’t just give you food. It rewires your brain back to what it’s supposed to contemplate. You start noticing seasons, rain patterns, ecosystems — details modern life ignores.

YES

Fire changes everything. Burn morels, fireweed, and certain berries thrive after wildfire. Foragers see renewal where others only see loss.

Kids are natural foragers. They’re low to the ground, curious, and fearless. Take them along — they’ll spot what you miss. Plus what better way to introduce them to the great outdoors.

yeah… it’s gonna be chanterelle mushroom soup for dinner again.

We said forever, but winter had other plans. Guess I’ll scroll old mushroom pics till spring😭

Porcini are _______ (fill in the blank)

The best ferments come from fruit too wild for the store.

And half your deer😁 iykyk

Is this the rarest mushroom in the USA?

Do you agree?

Seasonal eating isn’t a diet trend — it’s what the land gives you. Foraging puts you back on nature’s natural food calendar🙌