Foraging in Prospect Park - July 1, 2006
 
Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. I tried a new 105VR macro lens for this tour. The resulting focal length of 157mm was too long to easily take pictures.
1: Oyster mushroom.
 
2: Oyster mushroom.
 
3: Poisonous mushroom.
 
4: Poorman's pepper.
 
5: Poorman's pepper.
 
6: Hedge mustard.
 
7: Juneberry/Service Berry.
 
8: Juneberry/Service Berry.
 
9: Juneberry/Service Berry.
 
10: Wood sorrel.
 
11: Young hedge mustard with Lady's thumb surrounding it.
 
12: Lamb's quarters.
 
13: Poorman's pepper. Immature. No seeds yet.
 
14: Lamb's quarters closeup.
 
15: Burdock, flowers.
 
16: Pokeweed starting to flower.
 
17: Garlic mustard, second year.
 
18: Violets and garlic mustard, first year. Closeup.
 
19: Violets and garlic mustard, first year. Patch.
 
20: White snake root. Wildman always tells a story about the times before they knew it was poisonous.
 
21: Garlic mustard, second year. Patch.
 
22: Gout weed. Patch. You want very small leaves. Edible from March to September.
 
23: Gout weed. Flower closeup.
 
24: Gout weed. Leaf closeup.
 
25: Turkey tails. Like wood, but not poinsonous. Very pretty. They have to grow on wood.
 
26: Turkey tails. Closeup.
 
27: Enchanter's nightshade. Later in the year it has burrs which stick to your socks.
 
28: Asiatic day flower. Leaves like string beans. Seeds like peas. Okay raw, but better in soups.
 
29: Asiatic day flower. Closeup.
 
30: Burdock, first year. Only tap root in season in summer. Other Fall(?) must cook.
 
31: Burdock, second year.
 
32: Bitter dock. Not edible. Too bitter.
 
33: Burdock, flowers.
 
34: Burdock, flowers.
 
35: Common nightshade. Very poisonous.
 
36: Jewelweed.
 
37: Bitter dock. Closeup.
 
38: Common spice bush.
 
39: Poison ivy on tree.
 
40: Poison ivy on ground. Leaf edges are smooth. Middle leaf has stem. Side leaves do not.
 
41: Day lily.
 
42: Another common spice bush.
 
43: Poorman's pepper. A large patch.
 
44: Field garlic. Bulb closeup.
 
45: Echinacea. Root good for tea. "King of blood purifiers."
 
46: Elderberry.
 
47: Elderberry.
 
48: Virginia creeper leaf closeup.
 
49: Virginia creeper.
 
50: Black raspberries.
 
51: Black raspberries, first year. Blackberries are a biannual. No flowers the first year.
 
52: Wineberry. Not native, so parks have been removing them.
 
53: Elderberry flowers.
 
54: Black cherry.
 
55: Jewelweed.
 
56: Jewelweed patch.
 
57: Hedge mustard.
 
58: Common mallow.
 
59: Lady's thumb, flower closeup.
 
60: Lady's thumb.
 
61: Violet patch.
 
62: Yellow watercress closeup.
 
63: Yellow watercress patch.
 
64: Purple flowering raspberries.
 
65: Purple flowering raspberries.
 
66: Common nightshade. Very poisonous.
 
67: Forest russula mushroom. Tasteless.
 
68: Amanita. Yellow patches mushroom? Poisonous.
 
69: Very old bolete. By a couple weeks. Possibly chestnut. Now moldy.
 
70: Elderberry. Wildman must have been talking about it.
 
71: Redbuds.
 
72: Dandelion. Too bitter now.
 
73: Common plantain. Also good for mosquito bites.
 
74: Quick weed. Must cook.
 
75: Quick weed flower closeup.
 
76: Black nightshade. Leaves bad. Seed may be okay.
 
77: Chickweed. In season all year.
 
78: White snake root. Poisonous.
 
79: Dry and old dryad's saddle polypore. Edible when small and soft. Black shean, white underneath, smells like wells. These would be like leather.
 
80: Lady's thumb.
 
81: White snake root. Poisonous.
 
82: Purslane with epazote in upper right.
 
83: Epazote.
 
84: Hibiscus.
 
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