The Wild Foodies of Philly
   In search of the food beneath our feet!

 

MUSHROOMS

Reference links:

• Field guide: Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England, George Barron http://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Northeast-North-America-Midwest/dp/1551052016

• http://www.njmyco.org/links.html

• http://www.eattheplanet.org/category/ediblefungus

• http://www.ediblewildfood.com/edible-fungi.aspx

 REGIONAL MUSHROOM INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS:

• Philadelphia Mycology Club - http://phillymycoclub.com  & https://www.facebook.com/groups/phillymycoclub  / Instagram: @phillymycoclub, Bethany Teigen and Samantha Bucciarelli Co-organizers / info@phillymycoclub.com  Email: philamycologyclub@gmail.com

• New Jersey Mycological Association https://www.njmyco.org  (a NJ mushroom group that been around over 100 years)

• William Padilla-Brown https://www.mycosymbiotics.net  New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

MOSS & LICHENS:

Lichens are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. The dominant partner is the fungus, which gives the lichen the majority of its characteristics, from its thallus shape to its fruiting bodies. Source: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/about.shtml#:~:text=Lichens%20are%20a%20complex%20life,shape%20to%20its%20fruiting%20bodies.

• https://www.survivalsullivan.com/edible-moss/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_lichen
• http://www.survivopedia.com/survival-uses-of-moss/
• http://www.eattheweeds.com/edible-cladonia-whats-not-to-lichen-2/