5 easy to identify edible mushrooms... perfect for the novice forager like myself!

Edible wild mushrooms are a delicious reason to spend time in the woods. While some types can be tricky, there are a number of wild mushrooms that are easy to identify. These tasty edible mushrooms

Black Trumpovet Mushrooms (Craterellus cornucopioides) are common, delicious edible mushrooms that are easy to identify. They're perfect for beginning foragers because they have no close look alikes. Though common, they can be hard to spot

Spring may get all the attention, but summer is a great time to be out in the mushroom woods. There are plenty of choice edibles popping up and many of...

Tips Tricks for foraging morel mushrooms outdoors, with a guide about when and where to look and what to bring along for success

How to identify, harvest and store wild asparagus, which grows all over the country. Here's how to gather wild asparagus.

When I was in my 20s, I lived in a big city on the Northeast coast. Considering that this was a big, dirty, polluted city, I was a bit shocked when I overheard some colleagues planning a weekend trip to go mushroom foraging. I joined them and was amazed at how many mushrooms we found. And it turns out that mushrooms aren’t the only wild edibles you can find in the city. While these all aren’t exactly the tastiest foods you can eat, you will be glad they are there in a survival situation.

Turkey Tail Mushrooms are one of the most common mushrooms in the forest, and they grow all around the world. They grow on almost any type of wood, and there are no known poisonous look-alikes.

These 8 edible mushrooms are easy to identify and are great for beginning mushroom hunters. Learn how to forage for wild mushrooms!

Oyster mushrooms, or Pleurotus Ostreatus as they are called in Latin, are mushrooms you can pick at any time of the year. They are are not dependent on seasonal changes but rather react to weather changes. I've picked them in winter after a frost, I've picked them in May/June after a long wet spell and I've also picked them in Autumn after the first colder period. To properly understand when it is good to pick oyster mushrooms you will need to start paying attention to the weather. This…