ALS, the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was eventually pinned on false morel mushrooms.

https://archive.is/bJMoo

#AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #LouGehrigsDisease #MushroomForaging #FalseMorels #Foraging #TheAtlanticMagazine

ALS, the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was eventually pinned on false morel mushrooms.

https://archive.is/bJMoo

#AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #LouGehrigsDisease #MushroomForaging #FalseMorels #Foraging #TheAtlanticMagazine

Public Citizen: Mushrooming Risk: Unreliable A.I. Tools Generate Mushroom Misinformation

March 18, 2024

"Emerging A.I. technologies are being deployed to help beginner foragers find edible wild mushrooms. Distinguishing edible mushrooms from toxic mushrooms in the wild is a high-risk activity that requires real-world skills that current A.I. systems cannot reliably emulate.

Individuals relying solely on A.I. technology for mushroom identification have been severely sickened and hospitalized after consuming wild mushrooms that A.I. systems misidentified as edible."

https://www.citizen.org/article/mushroom-risk-ai-app-misinformation/

#mushrooms #safety #foraging

Public Citizen: Mushrooming Risk: Unreliable A.I. Tools Generate Mushroom Misinformation

March 18, 2024

"Emerging A.I. technologies are being deployed to help beginner foragers find edible wild mushrooms. Distinguishing edible mushrooms from toxic mushrooms in the wild is a high-risk activity that requires real-world skills that current A.I. systems cannot reliably emulate.

Individuals relying solely on A.I. technology for mushroom identification have been severely sickened and hospitalized after consuming wild mushrooms that A.I. systems misidentified as edible."

https://www.citizen.org/article/mushroom-risk-ai-app-misinformation/

#mushrooms #safety #foraging

What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

https://youtu.be/CGxSWkF762g?si=NERFkJY2J1bHdxFw

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

https://youtu.be/CGxSWkF762g?si=NERFkJY2J1bHdxFw

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

Eating Stinging Nettles

https://rachel.blog/2018/04/29/eating-stinging-nettles/

#HackerNews #Eating #Stinging #Nettles #foraging #cooking #health #nature

Hello #foragingAustralia friends! I've long enjoyed eating Moreton Bay figs, but of course they have *so many seeds*. The seeds aren't disagreeable in taste, but they are dry and tough compared to domestic figs.

Has anyone any good experiences or references in grinding them and making a figgy bush bread?

#foraging #australia

I've collected a small basket of dried Moreton Bay fig seed/pulp masses. This didn't take very long at all, even with me being very selective to only grab the driest and cleanest ones.

I'm travelling at the moment, so I won't know if I'll have a chance to process these until I get back, but I imagine I'll want to lightly work them to loosen the seeds from the pulp, and then either winnow or float the mass to see if I can separate out the seeds.

#foraging #foragingAustralia

Hello #foragingAustralia friends! I've long enjoyed eating Moreton Bay figs, but of course they have *so many seeds*. The seeds aren't disagreeable in taste, but they are dry and tough compared to domestic figs.

Has anyone any good experiences or references in grinding them and making a figgy bush bread?

#foraging #australia

Native plant gardeners of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Selwyn area! Can I please harvest harakeke seed pods from your garden? Looking for places that have a high number of large, established harakeke plants so I don't take too many from each plant. Or if you know of wild locations that people wouldn't mind my foraging in!

#foraging #Ōtautahi #ŌtautahiChristchurch #Canterbury #harakeke

Native plant gardeners of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Selwyn area! Can I please harvest harakeke seed pods from your garden? Looking for places that have a high number of large, established harakeke plants so I don't take too many from each plant. Or if you know of wild locations that people wouldn't mind my foraging in!

#foraging #Ōtautahi #ŌtautahiChristchurch #Canterbury #harakeke

Maybe the queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana). But, I don't know my palm trees. Need someone who knows palm foraging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syagrus_romanzoffiana #foraging #palmtree

Why should you not go out into the woods and gather your own bowl of Pawpaw fruit? Isn’t there plenty for everyone?

The chart illustrates. No, there is NOT enough for everyone. Humans have driven the non-human living word into very narrow margins. This is one of the many reasons humans are driving a planet-wide mass extinction event.

Please, don’t make #foraging a new way for humans to colonize and extract from a suffering planet. Maybe take a sample and no more. Grow more habitat instead.

This is your seasonal reminder that all acorns are edible. Many acorns require leaching. For instructions on how to leach acorns and recipe ideas, see the thread below.

#CostOfLiving #inflation #tariffs #politics #uspol #gardening #garten #jardin #foraging #food #cooking #acorns #solarpunk#SolarpunkSunday#NativePlants

https://mastodon.world/@jblue/109881330914753124