Oh man

Forgive my gatekeeping, but I am often stunned at how many people post here that have never seen the most basic of forage items. I guess because I grew up poor in a rural community, a lot of the basics like berries, mushrooms, nuts, and wild veggies and fruits were just matters of course. We foraged out of necessity. As my town as grown, at times I feel like I am surrounded by people who think that all of their food just appears in aisle 7, wrapped in cellophane and plastic.

Also I can't believe how many of these posts are "I thought this was maybe X so I ate a bunch of it, am I gonna die now?" Like slow down, bro, give us a chance!

I don't mean to be a hater, and I know everybody has to start somewhere. It's just that sometimes seeing things from the drastically different perspective of others can be staggering.

Australia, Nsw

its a small creek with aboutv20 feet of hardwoods on each side. I took some pics. should I go back?

The umbra (or whatever you call it) definitely makes me think of onion, but the bulbs have little bumps on them and crazy root systems. I could use some help with identification and maybe help understanding why they look like this.

My left eye's vision went grey with guilloche (those banknote geometric patterns, I googled this) triangles for the rest of the day. Started really quickly after eating the cooked leaves. They taste great though.

My sister has these in her yard and wondering if safe to eat. I think it looks more like wild onion than Death Camis but these little bulbs under the flowers are really throwing me off. She said they do have an onion smell but I know from experience sometimes these types of wild plants just have a little bit of an onion smell anyways. At this point I am just dying to get others opinions because I can’t find ANY flower that matches these exactly lol.

Found near the base of an oak tree in coastal AL.

I just had my blood drawn yesterday and found that I am low on iron. I'd like to find a way to forage some of these vitamins rather than buy processed supplements. I need to be very careful trying new things while I am pregnant though. I was thinking of dandelion greens. They are a source of iron and they are very easy to identify. Any other suggestions? I live in Southern Wisconsin so we are just seeing green sprouting into the woods. It is still early spring here.

Hi all!

I’m very new to foraging and/or cultivating wild edibles, so please be kind. I just learned about wild onions and have been on a hyper focused info dive about allium species, but need a little help.

We purchased a property in a wooded (mixed deciduous and pine) lake-side area of southern NJ 2 years ago. This property has a very poorly maintained back yard, but that means some interesting things have been popping up.

I have seen these same plants in overgrown areas of other properties and they seem to grow together. The tuber bearing species on the left seems to prefer more dappled areas bordering on full sun and the bulb ones on the left were in more bright sunlight. The daffodils in this neighborhood are in full bloom, so I’m unsure if these are late to the party or something else entirely.

Can anyone help me ID these two species and help me figure out if they’re edible and worth cultivating? I did pull bulbs/tubers for the sake of ID but left plenty of other specimens growing where these were found.

Chanterelle I found today with a butthole lol