Strange Oysters & Other Summer Fungi
Our latest podcast features Adam Haritan, the nature enthusiast and forager behind Learn Your Land — a media channel dedicated to plant and mushroom ID, wild food harvesting, and the benefits of nature connection. This episode on all things wild fungi and plants is sure to inspire you to get our on your landscape to forage this summer!
In this guest post and video — written and filmed this time last year — Adam takes us on a walk through the woods in his local ecoregion of western Pennsylvania to identify some edible and non-edible summer mushrooms.
Photo by Adam Haritan
Fungally speaking, summer is off to a fruitful start. The ample rains and warmer temperatures have been very conducive to fungal activity here in the Northeast, and if similar conditions persist, 2019 could be a banner year for many summer mushroom species.
While on a recent walk through a local wooded area, I encountered quite an array of mushrooms — some edible, some not so edible, but all fascinating in their own right.
One species in particular caught my eye because of its close resemblance to oyster mushrooms, and upon closer inspection, its true identity was revealed to me.
Have you ever seen a mushroom that looks like this? Would you consider it to be an oyster mushroom or something else?
Check out the video to learn more!
Adam Haritan
Adam Haritan — founder of Learn Your Land — is a nature enthusiast, researcher, and forager currently residing in Western Pennsylvania. He leads various classes and workshops related to plant and mushroom identification, wild food harvesting, nutritional and medicinal components of wild foods, the benefits of nature connection, and more. His YouTube channel features over 100 instructional nature videos, and his Instagram and Facebook pages document his latest botanical and mycological discoveries.
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