Foraging from Nature

[twin]

Wild Persimmons found them today.

[Oaktavia]

@Fadez those I am not sure about my friend.

[Oaktavia]

@twin that's cool

[twin]

@Fadez I would NOT eat them.

[twin]

@Oaktavia We made jam one time with them.

[Oaktavia]

@twin I would be curious how that jam tastes...

[Fadez]

Yeah @twin I am not going to eat them. Thanks for checking @Oaktavia

[Oaktavia]

@Fadez keep looking!

[Oaktavia]

@Fadez I found more oysters growing on the stumps! They usually pop up after a big rain. They are on the menu in this house tonight.

[Fadez]

Dude! That’s a big haul @Oaktavia !!! Dinner will be delicious

[Oaktavia]

More oysters from the logs out back

[Oaktavia]

[Fadez]

Oyster mushroom heaven you got there!

[Oaktavia]

Largest oysters I have found so far. On a pile of rotting logs in the front yard. So much fun to find them. These will be battered and fried tomorrow night. @Fadez

[Fadez]

Nice haul @Oaktavia I might need to drive a few hours south to eat dinner with you one night

[Oaktavia]

@Fadez haha that would be rad! ever since the arborists cut down 14 trees on the property, the logs have provided so much. The mushrooms started popping up in summer 2023 and have been fruiting weekly since! Half the time though, they are already eaten by slugs or are just past their prime. I found a beautiful cluster earlier this week that was untouched but all dried out. I was like

[twin]

@Oaktavia It has a bitter taste. Need to add lots of sugar.

[SKT]

Foraging around here can get wild.

[Oaktavia]

@SKT oh wow what's up with that?!

[SKT]

@Oaktavia here’s a link to the full story…apologies if it doesn’t work. Just kind of about how mushroom hunters discover lots of things because they’re so focused on the ground. And in Missouri apparently that includes lots of “remains”.

Check out this article from News-Leader:

Missouri morel hunters continue to discover unpleasant surprise — human remains

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2024/04/27/missouri-morel-hunters-discover-human-remains/73451991007/