Foraging in Forest Park - July 04, 2011
Foraging in Forest Park, Queens. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. Most pictures were taken with a 90mm equivalent macro lens. Hence all pictures are closeups. Some of the pictures didn't focus well. I had the focus on center weight average and sometimes the camera decided what I was pointing at wasn't the best spot to focus on. It should have been spot focusing.
1: Poorman's pepper.
2: Pineapple weed.
3: Hedge mustard.
4: Red clover.
5: Red clover.
6: Wildman telling us what happens when you eat the wrong plant.
7: Burdock.
8: Bitter dock.
9: Bitter dock. The underside of the leaves are not white.
10: Burdock root.
11: Burdock. The underside of the leaves are white.
12: Burdock second year.
13: Wood sorrel.
14: Bitter dock with seeds.
15: Violet. Not on tour.
16: Russula mushroom. This is faded. Not poisonous, but doesn't taste good.
17: Wineberries. Ripening very early.
18: Wineberries. Ripening very early.
19: Garlic mustard second year.
20: Garlic mustard seeds. Don't have to grind seeds to use.
21: Poison ivy.
22: Berkeley's polypore. Has to be cooked. (1) No gills. (2) Has tiny holes, i.e. pores. (3) Always grows on wood. Has strong smell. Must cook. Not much flavor.
23: Berkeley's polypore. Someone found a larger one.
24: Sweet cicely.
25: Garlic mustard first year.
26: Black staining polypore. Three weeks too old. (1) Shelf like, (2) Grows on trees. (3) Pores.
27: Black staining polypore.
28: Black staining polypore.
29: Amanita mushroom. Poisonous. Patches on top. Covered by veil. Space inside gills. Wells amaneta account for most poisonings. Has bulb on bottom. Gills are white.
30: Wellsii amanita or gray amanita.
31: Wellsii amanita or gray amanita.
32: Wellsii amanita or gray amanita.
33: A bird's nest. Young birds would now be gone.
34: Turkey tail mushroom. Maybe has some chemical good for prostrate cancer.
35: Black staining polypore. Top part is pinchable, so is edible.
36: Smooth earth ball.
37: Smooth earth ball. Hard and black inside. [Inside picture didn't focus, so not included.] Make you throw up.
38: Common spice bush.
39: Common spice bush.
40: Common spice bush.
41: Slime mold. Not on tour.
42: Black birch tree. Like wintergreen. Chew twigs.
43: Black birch tree. Smooth gray bark with horizontal lines.
44: Unripe blackberries.
45: Asiatic day flower.
46: Asiatic day flower. Blooms last one day a year.
47: Asiatic day flower. Leaves wrap around stem.
48: Jewelweed. Shallow roots need moist soil.
49: Jewelweed with flower.
50: Enchanter's nightshade. Burrs stick to socks and are hard to get off.
51: Mugwort. Tea made from it is good for PMS.
52: Greater celandine. Poisonous. Orange sap inside is medicinal. Put sap on worts. Not proven.
53: Greater celandine. Poisonous.
54: Greater celandine flower. Poisonous. Is in poppy family. Yellow flower looks like poppy flower.
55: Sassafras root. Boil it for tea.
56: Sassafras. All three leaf shapes are visible.
57: Jewelweed showing that water beeds up little little jewels.
58: Jewelweed seed pod. Seeds will pop out if you touch the pop. Seeds taste like walnuts.
59: Chickweed. Chickens love it.
60: Hobble bush. Edible viburnum, but berries are mostly seed.
61: Second year burdock flower.
62: Sweet cicely. Purple stem. Root is good.
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