Arthur identifies a beautiful ringless Amanita in the forest 🧒🏼🍄 Although Ringless Amanitas, also called Grisettes, are all considered edible, they are related to, and share many of the key ID features of some of the most deadly mushrooms in the world, such as The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) and The Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa). For this reason, it's always recommended that novice foragers avoid gathering Amanitas for eating, but like Arthur is doing here, exploring and practicing cor

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The peeled new shoots and fast-growing tips of a number of edible sumacs (genus Rhus) make good trail snacks. These small trees have elongated, pinnately compound leaves that burst from the growing tips like palm leaves. To date I have enjoyed those of staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) and smooth sumac (Rhus glabra). Both have serrated leaflets, and staghorn sumac has fuzzy stalks. Tree of heaven or alianthus (Ailanthus altissima) appears similar. Its leaflets have entire margins but for a small lob