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  1. Afaik, the only nourishment one gets from eating so-called edible #gold is a boost to one's #ego 🤔(barring medical use cases). Our bodies do not require Au for nourishment.👇🧐

    #BangkokPost - ‘Edible gold’ controls tightened amid #misleading #claims
    "Gold leaf has had cultural significance in #Thailand for centuries, but the #edible #goldleaf #fad is a 21st century phenomenon linked to the rise of #socialmedia and #luxury #dining."🤦‍♂️
    bangkokpost.com/life/social-an

  2. Afaik, the only nourishment one gets from eating so-called edible #gold is a boost to one's #ego 🤔(barring medical use cases). Our bodies do not require Au for nourishment.👇🧐

    #BangkokPost - ‘Edible gold’ controls tightened amid #misleading #claims
    "Gold leaf has had cultural significance in #Thailand for centuries, but the #edible #goldleaf #fad is a 21st century phenomenon linked to the rise of #socialmedia and #luxury #dining."🤦‍♂️
    bangkokpost.com/life/social-an

  3. Silver #cockscomb - very similar to amaranth.
    Originally native to #India - it was saved from extinction through #cultivation because of its religious significance. #Indian , #Burmese & #Chinese gardeners usually plant them by temples.

    Cockscomb is an #EdiblePlant & a pretty #grain alternative. Often consumed in southern #Nigeria, #Benin , #Congo & #Indonesia. Young stems & flowers are #edible. Seeds are also edible are referred to as #pseudocereals.

    #FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #botanical #EdibleFlowers

  4. Silver #cockscomb - very similar to amaranth.
    Originally native to #India - it was saved from extinction through #cultivation because of its religious significance. #Indian , #Burmese & #Chinese gardeners usually plant them by temples.

    Cockscomb is an #EdiblePlant & a pretty #grain alternative. Often consumed in southern #Nigeria, #Benin , #Congo & #Indonesia. Young stems & flowers are #edible. Seeds are also edible are referred to as #pseudocereals.

    #FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #botanical #EdibleFlowers

  5. The #stingingnettle #Urtica #dioica is widespread in Eurasia and requires #nitrogenrich #soils. It is #habitat for numerous organisms, such as #caterpillars of the #peacockbutterfly. All parts are #edible and rich in #vitamins/#minerals, as well as pharma-effective. In their #review, F. Martz & S. Kankaanpää (2025) summarize knowledge about the #roots, their functioning and #biochemistry.

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    Martz & Kankaanpää (2025)
    doi.org/10.3390/plants14020279

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  6. The #stingingnettle #Urtica #dioica is widespread in Eurasia and requires #nitrogenrich #soils. It is #habitat for numerous organisms, such as #caterpillars of the #peacockbutterfly. All parts are #edible and rich in #vitamins/#minerals, as well as pharma-effective. In their #review, F. Martz & S. Kankaanpää (2025) summarize knowledge about the #roots, their functioning and #biochemistry.

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    Martz & Kankaanpää (2025)
    doi.org/10.3390/plants14020279

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  7. The #stingingnettle #Urtica #dioica is widespread in Eurasia and requires #nitrogenrich #soils. It is #habitat for numerous organisms, such as #caterpillars of the #peacockbutterfly. All parts are #edible and rich in #vitamins/#minerals, as well as pharma-effective. In their #review, F. Martz & S. Kankaanpää (2025) summarize knowledge about the #roots, their functioning and #biochemistry.

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    Martz & Kankaanpää (2025)
    doi.org/10.3390/plants14020279

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  8. The #stingingnettle #Urtica #dioica is widespread in Eurasia and requires #nitrogenrich #soils. It is #habitat for numerous organisms, such as #caterpillars of the #peacockbutterfly. All parts are #edible and rich in #vitamins/#minerals, as well as pharma-effective. In their #review, F. Martz & S. Kankaanpää (2025) summarize knowledge about the #roots, their functioning and #biochemistry.

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    Martz & Kankaanpää (2025)
    doi.org/10.3390/plants14020279

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  9. The #stingingnettle #Urtica #dioica is widespread in Eurasia and requires #nitrogenrich #soils. It is #habitat for numerous organisms, such as #caterpillars of the #peacockbutterfly. All parts are #edible and rich in #vitamins/#minerals, as well as pharma-effective. In their #review, F. Martz & S. Kankaanpää (2025) summarize knowledge about the #roots, their functioning and #biochemistry.

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    Martz & Kankaanpää (2025)
    doi.org/10.3390/plants14020279

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  10. "Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible." — Doug Larson — — — #DougLarson #quote #quotes #French #courage #quip #eat #snails #culinary #humor #humorous #joke #edible

  11. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  12. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  13. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  14. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  15. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  16. Rex Welland was a longtime local resident who loved collecting lots of #HeritageApple species. He spent a lifetime, collecting cuttings & grafting to grow in his large backyard. He donated this land, which was his backyard, as part of #LandConservancy agreement with the Town of View Royal to keep it as a heritage orchard for the community to steward & share.

    There's 125 heritage #apple species growing there.

    #WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #Edible #Food #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #AppleTrees #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark #YYJHistory

  17. Rex Welland was a longtime local resident who loved collecting lots of #HeritageApple species. He spent a lifetime, collecting cuttings & grafting to grow in his large backyard. He donated this land, which was his backyard, as part of #LandConservancy agreement with the Town of View Royal to keep it as a heritage orchard for the community to steward & share.

    There's 125 heritage #apple species growing there.

    #WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #Edible #Food #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #AppleTrees #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark #YYJHistory

  18. #TragopogonPorrifolius - Common #Salsify aka vegetable oyster or Jerusalem star.

    It's a #wildflower that's fairly easy to grow in loose soil or in deep pots/grow sacks - they have deep & large taproots. Fab addition for #rewilding or as part of a #PollinatorGarden & #EdibleGarden. It takes 2 years from sowing for flowers to develop; first year will only show foliage.

    Young shoots are #edible - raw or cooked & taste like asparagus. Their leaves & roots are edible & taste best before plant flowers. The roots have a mild oyster & asparagus taste. Their flower petals & sprouted seeds can be added to salads/sandwiches.

    #VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #WildFoodPlants #EdiblePlants #PollinatorGardens #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantLovers #PurpleFlowers #FoodPlant #FoodSecurity #FoodGardening #horticulture

  19. #TragopogonPorrifolius - Common #Salsify aka vegetable oyster or Jerusalem star.

    It's a #wildflower that's fairly easy to grow in loose soil or in deep pots/grow sacks - they have deep & large taproots. Fab addition for #rewilding or as part of a #PollinatorGarden & #EdibleGarden. It takes 2 years from sowing for flowers to develop; first year will only show foliage.

    Young shoots are #edible - raw or cooked & taste like asparagus. Their leaves & roots are edible & taste best before plant flowers. The roots have a mild oyster & asparagus taste. Their flower petals & sprouted seeds can be added to salads/sandwiches.

    #VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #WildFoodPlants #EdiblePlants #PollinatorGardens #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantLovers #PurpleFlowers #FoodPlant #FoodSecurity #FoodGardening #horticulture

  20. One of my many #red garnet #amaranth #plants went mutant - must have naturally hybridized with a different amaranth. The first pic shows what they should look like - as baby plants. Second pic shows difference in foliage colours. It's not supposed to have any green foliage.

    #GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodSecurity #GrowItEatIt #FeedYourFamily #PlantFood #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #FoodGrowers #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #zone8 #Edible

  21. Happy Sunday everyone! ☀️

    Todays #fungifind 🍄

The stages of a Shaggy Parasol! (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)

    A Shaggy Parasol is a #large, stocky mushroom with a #convex cap when mature. The cap’s surface has raised #brown scales, giving it a #shaggy look, further enhanced by the shaggy edge to the #rim.

    The shaggy parasol’s habit of #growing in rings, known as #fairy rings, has long been part of European #folklore. Some believe the #rings symbolised a place where #fairies, #pixies or #elves danced in the woods. Others believe that they were a #portal between the fairy world and the #human world!
    
On a side note, though #edible when cooked for some, I wouldn’t be #foraging this one for dinner because it can cause #severe gastric upset in 1 in 25 people!

#fungioftheday #shaggyparasol #toadstool #fungi #mushroom #nature #tinderfungus #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #bracket #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
    #fungifacts #mushrooms #plants #fungikingdom #mastodonmushroom

  22. #fungus and more fungus I don't know if anybody has tried the velvet cap #bolete but they are amazing! a delicate hint of lemon, they are by far one of my favorite #edible #mushrooms. #birdsnestfungus is just cool. i need to go out next fall with my new camera and macro lens and do this again

    I have my laptop up and running, a little whining in the right ears and a friend to the rescue. i will try not to go to overboard *grins*

    #PNW #fallharvest