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My Fair Fungus

Chicken-of-the-Woods: a delicacy—as long as you're not allergic.

A Santa Cruz Mountain rain brings forth Chicken-of-the-Woods and memories for a mountain biking mushroom hunter.

The Art of Raw Foraged Perfume

Wild aloe vera, an ingredient that perfumer Libby Patterson has had her eye on. She also uses non-botanical ingredients like horsehair and charcoal.

A morning in nature's apothecary with Libby Patterson as guide proves that making perfume from wild botanicals is easier than you might think.

Operation Fungus Fair

Everyone got in on the mushroom-gathering act this year. Photo by Yevgeny Nyden.

How do you throw a mushroom fest in a dry year? With lots of help.

Huckleberry Hounds

Not that you could tell from this bad, blurry photo, but huckleberries resemble small blueberries, like the kind that used to come in tins with blueberry muffin mix. Photo by Hilltromper.

On a sweet quest in the dog days of summer.

Foraging Files: Spring Trail Snacks

Miner's lettuce grows best in shaded areas. And it's everywhere. Hilltromper photo.

What’s to eat deep in the forest on a springtime walk? Plenty.

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