Anyone noticed any benefits or issues / side effects from taking reishi tincture? What did you experience when taking it or did you have no difference ? I been putting one full dropper into warm water with lemon. I’ve only been taking it for the last couple days. Anyone had experience with it ? Should I be taking it daily ?

The one I take has 30% organic cane ethanol, spring water and reishi but I’m hoping because I add it to boiled warm water that some of the ethanol is evaporated?

The ratio is 1:3 (that’s what it says on the bottle)

Found my first Enoki today! I left it behind thinking it was a little too far gone. Would you guys have taken this fella?

Anyone noticed any benefits or issues / side effects from taking reishi tincture? What did you experience when taking it or did you have no difference ? I been putting one full dropper into warm water with lemon. I’ve only been taking it for the last couple days. Anyone had experience with it ? Should I be taking it daily ?

The one I take has 30% organic cane ethanol, spring water and reishi but I’m hoping because I add it to boiled warm water that some of the ethanol is evaporated?

The ratio is 1:3 (that’s what it says on the bottle)

Anyone noticed any benefits or issues / side effects from taking reishi tincture? I been putting one full dropper into warm water with lemon. I’ve only been taking it for the last couple days. Anyone had experience with it ? Should I be taking it daily ?

The one I take has 30% organic cane ethanol, spring water and reishi but I’m hoping because I add it to boiled warm water that some of the ethanol is evaporated?

The ratio is 1:3 (that’s what it says on the bottle)

I went outside and saw them in my backyard (middle Tennessee) and tried Googling what they are, closest I found was privet berries (poisonous from what I've gathered) but wanted to consult with others who know their stuff.

I am going to be hiking in the Cherokee national park and surrounding wilderness. What are some things I can hope to find or keep an eye out for during these wintertimes and rainy days? I’m interested in everything from edible plants, wild creatures including vertebrates, fat wood, fungi etc.

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Hi there! Sorry if this post isn't acceptable on this subreddit...

I'm a Graphic Design student at SF College who's working on designing an app for class. We're supposed to survey our app's target audience for this, and in my case that would be foragers! If you'd like to help out, here's the link to my survey. Thank you for your time!

Hey !

I want to find some magic shrooms, i live in France, and right now its winter here. You guys know where to find some ?

Ive already tried in multiple fields, and i didnt find anything.

It's so easy to do! (Weather has to be below freezing at night and above freezing during the day.) I once drilled out the holes and inserted a hollow bamboo broken fishing rod as the spile. I didn't spend any money doing it. Tapped 6 trees, two taps in each. Was the most amazing experience tasting that.

Edit: the link didn't post, but you can find multiple websites and YouTube videos with directions.

I grew up picking wild greens with my mom and grandma. When I was little I didn’t know their names but I could identify “a green” by looking at it and then I’d run over to my grandma and she would tell me what it was called.

My grandma has since passed and my mom doesn’t feel confident in her ability to identify them on her own.

I realize it’s easy to use apps and field guides to identify them but I’m curious about the names my grandma gave them. I’m wondering if other people grew up with their elders calling the greens something other than what they are?

Examples:

Wild Beet Wintercress Watercress Wild lettuce

I know these are all wild edibles, but when I google images they don’t look the same as the plants my grandma called by these names.

Anyone else know these as something else?

I live in the North-East USA and am looking for a good book recommendation to better learn which plants can be properly foraged for in my area.

This is my first go at making acorn flour. I cold leeched ground up acorns for 6 days, tastes good, and squeezed as much moisture out as possible. It has the feel of wet sand. My choices for drying are:

1. dehydrator, blows too much air and is already blowing the damp flour around

2. large oven, only goes down to 170F, I understand going over 150F isn't recommended

3. toaster oven, goes down to 120F but only goes for 1.5 hours before turning off and would have to do in three batches because it is so small

4. lay out and dry indoors but not a lot sun, might mold before getting dry

5. lay out and dry outdoors but the high is 65F, there is wind and a ton of squirrels in our yard (I have no idea of they would eat the flour)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. My end goal is to make pumpkin acorn flour bread.

Can I use slightly damp flour in my recipe?

I hope this is the right subreddit to ask about this. I made a batch of elderberry syrup using dried elderberries I bought online from Amazon. 1 lb of freeze dried berries. I poured in 2 liters of water and cooked them. Once they were boiling I brought the temperature down a bit because I was afraid it would boil over. I brought it to medium and it was still boiling but not as rapidly or furiously.

I strained the syrup once it had reduced by half after 20 minutes and I did try a tiny (I’m talking like 2-3 berries) bite of the berries at this stage thinking they were cooked enough to be safe to sample but I did accidentally find one dry berry in my bite that wasn’t fully hydrated and cooked.

I looked at the remnants in the strainer and saw a few tiny stems too. Now I’m worried I cooked them wrong and I had the toxic stems in my batch of dried berries that I bought. I’m extremely worried I may have accidentally poisoned myself eating the undercooked berries as my stomach feels funny but I can’t tell if it’s my nerves or I actually cooked the syrup wrong. I did keep cooking the syrup after I strained it just to be safe and I did try a tiny sample of it after 20 minutes of extra boiling at a higher heat. It tasted funny though like I may have accidentally burnt it. I also haven’t had much to eat today so that’s another thing that could be making me feel weird. Did I accidentally poison myself??? Am I going to be ok???

Edit: so I called poison control and they said yes I could have undercooked the berries and that may be a reason why my stomach is having some cramps. Since I don’t have any other symptoms I am pretty ok and I should just wait it out but I think I’ll just stick to buying pre made elderberry syrup instead. It’s too hard to know if I’m doing it right.

Unsure if this fits on this sub. Care to share what type of algae is this that has a jelly-looking texture/feel? Google lens couldn’t identify

We were on an island hopping in Boracay, Philippines yesterday. I saw this lady holding it and according to her, it's edible.

Guessing these are Percebes? Am I wrong? If they are does anyone have guidance on legally harvesting something like these? Mussels in the photo as well obviously.

This is on the Lost Coast. Have thru hiked the Lost Coast previously. But this find was just a quick visit for a day hike. Mussel beds like these everywhere, sea urchins everywhere.

Was curious about rules in CA for harvesting shellfish in addition to proper harvesting ethics and techniques for these kinds of shellfish. Was thinking about a shellfish beach cook out next time we visit.

Any info is greatly appreciated.