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#UrbanForaging highlights the practice of scavenging for wild, edible plants in urban areas. It promotes sustainability, connection with nature, creativity, local food sources, biodiversity, and community engagement through food exploration.
Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) are all over the Bay Area right now! Thank you rain! Some fun facts about honeys: - they are edible & delicious but CAN cause GI issues for some people and if they are not cooked thoroughly - they are the world’s largest organism! The humongous fungus! A single Armillaria mellea colony in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest spans over 2k acres, making it the largest living organism on Earth by area. It’s estimated to be ~2,500 years old, though it could be much older - the mycelium (the underground network of fungal threads) of Armillaria mellea can glow in the dark - they are a parasite that can kill trees and woody plants by invading their roots. It’s considered a major forest pathogen and is sometimes called the “shoestring fungus” because of the black rhizomorphs (root-like structures) it forms. To identify Armillaria mellea: - Cap should be HONEY-brown to yellowish-brown, often darker in the center. Could have some little scales. Size could range from 1cm–6 inches in diameter. Convex when young, flattening with age. - Gills are usually adnate to decurrent (attached and running slightly down the stem). Gills are white to cream, yellowing with age. - For ringed honeys like in this video, the stem has a white or yellowish ring near the top of the stem. Fibrous (rips like string cheese). - Spores are WHITE. You can verify this by taking a spore print: place the cap gill-side down on a piece of dark paper overnight. - they usually grow in clusters at the base of trees, stumps, or buried wood. It is parasitic and saprobic (feeds on both living and dead wood). - you might even be able to find the mycelial rhizomorphs (“Shoestrings”) if you look for black, root-like threads under the bark of infected trees or in the surrounding soil. These rhizomorphs are a hallmark of honey fungus. As always DO NOT eat anything you’re not 1000% sure of!! :) You can join me on a mushroom walk in the Bay Area - waitlist is on my page! #mushroomforaging #foraging #urbanforaging #foragingtiktok
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Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) are all over the Bay Area right now! Thank you rain! Some fun facts about honeys: - they are edible & delicious but CAN cause GI issues for some people and if they are not cooked thoroughly - they are the world’s largest organism! The humongous fungus! A single Armillaria mellea colony in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest spans over 2k acres, making it the largest living organism on Earth by area. It’s estimated to be ~2,500 years old, though it could be much older - the mycelium (the underground network of fungal threads) of Armillaria mellea can glow in the dark - they are a parasite that can kill trees and woody plants by invading their roots. It’s considered a major forest pathogen and is sometimes called the “shoestring fungus” because of the black rhizomorphs (root-like structures) it forms. To identify Armillaria mellea: - Cap should be HONEY-brown to yellowish-brown, often darker in the center. Could have some little scales. Size could range from 1cm–6 inches in diameter. Convex when young, flattening with age. - Gills are usually adnate to decurrent (attached and running slightly down the stem). Gills are white to cream, yellowing with age. - For ringed honeys like in this video, the stem has a white or yellowish ring near the top of the stem. Fibrous (rips like string cheese). - Spores are WHITE. You can verify this by taking a spore print: place the cap gill-side down on a piece of dark paper overnight. - they usually grow in clusters at the base of trees, stumps, or buried wood. It is parasitic and saprobic (feeds on both living and dead wood). - you might even be able to find the mycelial rhizomorphs (“Shoestrings”) if you look for black, root-like threads under the bark of infected trees or in the surrounding soil. These rhizomorphs are a hallmark of honey fungus. As always DO NOT eat anything you’re not 1000% sure of!! :) You can join me on a mushroom walk in the Bay Area - waitlist is on my page! #mushroomforaging #foraging #urbanforaging #foragingtiktok
Justice for slimy foods!!! I swear people are gatekeeping how tasty this mushroom is. I have one book that says the taste is “slightly unpleasant” and though everyone is entitled to their own tastes and preferences, i respectfully disagree. It tasted very floral to me. I refused to peel off the slimy cap of Suillus pungens but if you must, that will probably make it a lot less slimy when cooking. I love these cheeky little slimy friends! Slippery jacks can come in a variety of colors: olive to gray to rusty brown to red and yellow, sometimes blending. They do look like glossy little rocks from afar. they have small little pores and sometimes you can see little creamy droplets come out of them. I hope to find more to share with my mom #mushroomforaging #foraging #urbanforaging #bayarea Nails from @Heyhae Gel Nail Strips i bought them and i love them and they look so great with the slippery jacks
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Justice for slimy foods!!! I swear people are gatekeeping how tasty this mushroom is. I have one book that says the taste is “slightly unpleasant” and though everyone is entitled to their own tastes and preferences, i respectfully disagree. It tasted very floral to me. I refused to peel off the slimy cap of Suillus pungens but if you must, that will probably make it a lot less slimy when cooking. I love these cheeky little slimy friends! Slippery jacks can come in a variety of colors: olive to gray to rusty brown to red and yellow, sometimes blending. They do look like glossy little rocks from afar. they have small little pores and sometimes you can see little creamy droplets come out of them. I hope to find more to share with my mom #mushroomforaging #foraging #urbanforaging #bayarea Nails from @Heyhae Gel Nail Strips i bought them and i love them and they look so great with the slippery jacks
How to clean foraged mushrooms. Sharing so mush love with my parents! These are some of the honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) i foraged in East Bay #foraging #urbanforaging #mushroomforaging #bayarea
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How to clean foraged mushrooms. Sharing so mush love with my parents! These are some of the honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) i foraged in East Bay #foraging #urbanforaging #mushroomforaging #bayarea

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