The Top 75 Local Wild and Feral Foods

Each section is roughly in order of availability.

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Idiom dictionary

Mushroom

lobster
bolete (porcini type)
hen of the woods (maitake)
chicken of the woods (sulfur shelf)
chanterelle
honey
leatherback (milk caps)
morel
blusher
oyster
puffball
meadow
quilt cap and other Russula
ceasar’s
parasol
beefsteak
cauliflower
brick top
hedgehog
chaga
reishi
turkey tail

Leaf

chickweed
comfrey
wintercress (creasy greens)
dandelion
lambsquarter
nettle
violet
daisy
waterleaf
ramp (wild leek)
onion grass
sochane (coneflower)

Shoot

bamboo
milkweed
cattail

Flower

day lily
elder
violet
black locust

Fruit

elderberry
autumnberry (autumn olive)
blueberry
mulberry
kousa dogwood
black cherry
paw paw
persimmon
sumac
prickly pear
honey locust
apple
pear
cherry
beauty berry
maypop (passionfruit)
spicebush

Nut

acorn
black walnut
hickory
chestnut

Seed

lambsquarter
evening primrose

Root

air potato
burdock
greenbriar (sarsparilla)
sassafras