Is this ground cherry ripe?

I always go foraging with this one person, and with the holidays coming up I want to make them a special calendar of what to forage, 

So if you know of forging things in California/Nevada and the times of year that there good so I could make a calendar that would be super helpful.

(We mostly forage for berries and mushrooms but we’re open to all sorts of stuff, ive poked around Pinterest for ideas but haven’t found much)

(Sorry since this isn’t like abt stuff I’ve foraged or pics, but figured this would be a good sub for help)

<div class="md"><p>I always go foraging with this one person, and with the holidays coming up I want to make them a special calendar of what to forage, </p>

<p>So if you know of forging things in California/Nevada and the times of year that there good so I could make a calendar that would be super helpful.</p>

<p>(We mostly forage for berries and mushrooms but we’re open to all sorts of stuff, ive poked around Pinterest for ideas but haven’t found much)</p>

<p>(Sorry since this isn’t like abt stuff I’ve foraged or pics, but figured this would be a good sub for help)</p>
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Help with a project 

<div class="md"><p>Lobster and some chanterelles </p>
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mushroom soup time!

I found an older flush of black trumpets. I picked a bunch. Then one I picked, I noticed was visibly moldy 

I don’t think any of the other ones I’ve picked are moldy but some of them are drier and the base is dying white? Doesn’t seem fuzzy like mold. This leads me to ask how can you tell when black trumpets are no longer good to eat? I know they rehydrate well so if they weren’t moldy but dry would you still harvest them?

Pictures below of what I picked along with what a moldy one looked like 

<div class="md"><p>I found an older flush of black trumpets. I picked a bunch. Then one I picked, I noticed was visibly moldy </p>

<p>I don’t think any of the other ones I’ve picked are moldy but some of them are drier and the base is dying white? Doesn’t seem fuzzy like mold. This leads me to ask how can you tell when black trumpets are no longer good to eat? I know they rehydrate well so if they weren’t moldy but dry would you still harvest them?</p>

<p>Pictures below of what I picked along with what a moldy one looked like </p>
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How do you know when black trumpets are no longer good?

We moved right near a big forest. Looked last year but never found anything. Finally this year, we found some just 5 minutes from the house🥲Have never been more excited. 

<div class="md"><p>We moved right near a big forest. Looked last year but never found anything. Finally this year, we found some just 5 minutes from the house🥲Have never been more excited. </p>
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First time finding chanterelles 

Hello! 
Does anyone have recommendations for where to mushroom hunt around Chicagoland? I’m planning a day trip to Warren Woods State Park in Michigan, but I would love somewhat closer recommendations!

<div class="md"><p>Hello! 
Does anyone have recommendations for where to mushroom hunt around Chicagoland? I’m planning a day trip to Warren Woods State Park in Michigan, but I would love somewhat closer recommendations!</p>
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Mushroom hunting outside of Chicagoland

In just starting out so I wasn’t sure! Found by dying cedars in my yard in southern Quebec. 

<div class="md"><p>In just starting out so I wasn’t sure! Found by dying cedars in my yard in southern Quebec. </p>
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Are these puffballs growing in my yard? Thanks in advance! :)

<div class="md"><p>Still yummy at this stage?</p>
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Yay or nay? My first one :)

in Germany 
found in pine forest, along the path 
99% sure i've got a saffron milk cap, but i've never eaten one before so just want to double check. 

<div class="md"><p>in Germany 
found in pine forest, along the path 
99% sure i&#39;ve got a saffron milk cap, but i&#39;ve never eaten one before so just want to double check. </p>
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Saffron milk cap 

Zone 7b

My grandparents have these bushes with giant thorns on them and they grow these citrus fruits. They call them a mock orange but they taste like lemons a little and are full of seeds.  The outside is fuzzy and has a lot of oil. I am curious to know what they're actually called and all the parts I could use of them? 

<div class="md"><p>Zone 7b</p>

<p>My grandparents have these bushes with giant thorns on them and they grow these citrus fruits. They call them a mock orange but they taste like lemons a little and are full of seeds.  The outside is fuzzy and has a lot of oil. I am curious to know what they&#39;re actually called and all the parts I could use of them? </p>
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Mock orange lemon ?

These photos are a couple of months old, but can anyone confirm if they are elderberry or not? I thought they were but my neighbor has me seconding guessing myself. They thought possible devils waking stick but I don’t see any thorns. My berries are a little darker than hers, almost black, hers are more purple, though I believe mine is wild and hers is cultivated.

<div class="md"><p>These photos are a couple of months old, but can anyone confirm if they are elderberry or not? I thought they were but my neighbor has me seconding guessing myself. They thought possible devils waking stick but I don’t see any thorns. My berries are a little darker than hers, almost black, hers are more purple, though I believe mine is wild and hers is cultivated.</p>
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Elderberry or no? 

I was foraging black walnuts the other day and found a 3 lobed one!! It was cool so I thought I’d share. (Last two pics have a normal 2 lobed walnut on the right for reference)

<div class="md"><p>I was foraging black walnuts the other day and found a 3 lobed one!! It was cool so I thought I’d share. (Last two pics have a normal 2 lobed walnut on the right for reference)</p>
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I found a 3 lobed black walnut!!

Mushroom ID

I wan't to get into foraging but it seems a large portion of it is mushrooms. Is there a chance I might like some of the common foraged mushrooms? I don't like the typical (idk what their called) mushrooms to the point I actively avoid them and remove them from my dishes, neither have I enjoyed a vegetarian mushroom 'burger' I once had.

<div class="md"><p>I wan&#39;t to get into foraging but it seems a large portion of it is mushrooms. Is there a chance I might like some of the common foraged mushrooms? I don&#39;t like the typical (idk what their called) mushrooms to the point I actively avoid them and remove them from my dishes, neither have I enjoyed a vegetarian mushroom &#39;burger&#39; I once had.</p>
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If I don't enjoy the taste of normal mushrooms, is there a chance I might enjoy some foraged varieties?

Short stemmed slippery jacks, Blewit and parasols on my walk. Some were past their prime. I took only the slippery jacks, dehydrated the ones that weren't too wet and mushy. I'm happy I found the parasols. I'm gonna look there after it rains. Walking alone in the woods was kinda spooky though.

<div class="md"><p>Short stemmed slippery jacks, Blewit and parasols on my walk. Some were past their prime. I took only the slippery jacks, dehydrated the ones that weren&#39;t too wet and mushy. I&#39;m happy I found the parasols. I&#39;m gonna look there after it rains. Walking alone in the woods was kinda spooky though.</p>
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Mushrooms on my walk

Eating puffball all week I guess

hello folks, im from central missouri, on the missouri river, does anyone have any recommendations for foraging guides? i was looking into Bo Browns guide  by Falcon Guides 'Foraging the Ozarks', but im not sure if thats the best guide (i technically live at the very north tip of the Ozarks)..., is that a better more local guide for my area?

<div class="md"><p>hello folks, im from central missouri, on the missouri river, does anyone have any recommendations for foraging guides? i was looking into Bo Browns guide  by Falcon Guides &#39;Foraging the Ozarks&#39;, but im not sure if thats the best guide (i technically live at the very north tip of the Ozarks)..., is that a better more local guide for my area?</p>
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wanting to buy a Missouri foraging handbook

All of the mushrooms I ate in the first 100 miles of my pinhoti trail thru hike through Alabama! The hens are everywhere!

What are these?

While vacationing in Ogunquit, Maine, I found several sumac bushes. I will return with my traveling pruners and start snipping. 

SUMAC!!! Oh my God, Becky, look at that…
https://youtube.com/shorts/fikJXsXHY4I?feature=share

<div class="md"><p>While vacationing in Ogunquit, Maine, I found several sumac bushes. I will return with my traveling pruners and start snipping. </p>

<p>SUMAC!!! Oh my God, Becky, look at that…
<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/fikJXsXHY4I?feature=share">https://youtube.com/shorts/fikJXsXHY4I?feature=share</a></p>
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SUMAC!!!

Posting some random plants I’ve come across, if you know any of them feel free to share ! Love any insight/knowledge. 

<div class="md"><p>Posting some random plants I’ve come across, if you know any of them feel free to share ! Love any insight/knowledge. </p>
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Random plants

I started cracking the black Walnuts from last year's haul with the help of my father in law. He was pulling these out regularly and it would only take him about a minute per nut! 

<div class="md"><p>I started cracking the black Walnuts from last year&#39;s haul with the help of my father in law. He was pulling these out regularly and it would only take him about a minute per nut! </p>
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Black Walnuts From Last Year

South West UK 

Woodland

Found trunk of deciduous tree.
Believe to be honey fungus? 

Also any knowledge on edibility? Hear mixed stances 

<div class="md"><p>South West UK </p>

<p>Woodland</p>

<p>Found trunk of deciduous tree.
Believe to be honey fungus? </p>

<p>Also any knowledge on edibility? Hear mixed stances </p>
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Honey fungus? 

Found in the little park in my neighborhood 🇩🇰 

<div class="md"><p>Found in the little park in my neighborhood 🇩🇰 </p>
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Are these honeys? 

I live in mud-Hudson valley in NY and recently realized that summaries everywhere especially next to roadways. Every bush that I check though has no stag horns. Probably because it’s too late in the season.
I discovered sumac while dining at a Palestinian restaurant not too long ago. I ordered French fries with za’atar and I’ve been addicted to sumac ever since. 

<div class="md"><p>I live in mud-Hudson valley in NY and recently realized that summaries everywhere especially next to roadways. Every bush that I check though has no stag horns. Probably because it’s too late in the season.
I discovered sumac while dining at a Palestinian restaurant not too long ago. I ordered French fries with za’atar and I’ve been addicted to sumac ever since. </p>
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Sumac 

Found these two types of mushrooms. I cooked in pasta the black trumpets but I got a bit of stomach upset. Is that normal? Both of these types are edible, right?

Hi everyone! I found these in northern Switzerland (so fairly low altitudes) underneath some beeches and birches. All ID apps said trooping funnel, but these caps are very wavy and the stem is super thick and firm, and they don't match most of the images I've found for trooping funnels through google and some wikis. (Didn't bring my field guides). Hoping some of you can confirm that it IS that after all?


The irregular caps and thick stem make me think I've found the Miller? I'm not good at understanding what a "mealy smell" is supposed to mean, and I've got a terrible cold so that's no help for identification.


My biggest issue: What if it's actually Fool's funnel (clitocybe dealbata/rivulosa)? That would be a deadly mistake to make. Does that one come with thick, meaty stems like this?


Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance 

<div class="md"><p>Hi everyone! I found these in northern Switzerland (so fairly low altitudes) underneath some beeches and birches. All ID apps said trooping funnel, but these caps are very wavy and the stem is super thick and firm, and they don&#39;t match most of the images I&#39;ve found for trooping funnels through google and some wikis. (Didn&#39;t bring my field guides). Hoping some of you can confirm that it IS that after all?</p>

<p>The irregular caps and thick stem make me think I&#39;ve found the Miller? I&#39;m not good at understanding what a &quot;mealy smell&quot; is supposed to mean, and I&#39;ve got a terrible cold so that&#39;s no help for identification.</p>

<p>My biggest issue: What if it&#39;s actually Fool&#39;s funnel (clitocybe dealbata/rivulosa)? That would be a deadly mistake to make. Does that one come with thick, meaty stems like this?</p>

<p>Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance </p>
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I think I've narrowed it down but need help IDing these

<div class="md"><p>Melbourne, Australia.</p>
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Anyone know what this could be and is it edible? 

Hello all, any ideas what this tree and it fruits are? I would like to know if they're edible and what would you do with them. In my mind, I would like to try making some marmelade with them and if they're good for that, I can go back and pick them. Location is south germany. 

<div class="md"><p>Hello all, any ideas what this tree and it fruits are? I would like to know if they&#39;re edible and what would you do with them. In my mind, I would like to try making some marmelade with them and if they&#39;re good for that, I can go back and pick them. Location is south germany. </p>
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What is this fruit?

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