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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 32429
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 05 8:19 am Post subject: Posting Pictures of Wild Foods to Identify |
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A few guidelines to help you get the most out of the forum.
If you want help identifying a mushroom, its important to include pictures of the whole mushroom (uprooted and intact), with views of the side, top and underside.
If you can include information on whether the mushroom changes colour when cut or bruised, what kind of trees were around (or what kind of habitat you picked the mushroom in), smell, and a spore print colour (if you had one) then that also helps.
Finally, remember that identifying a mushroom with any degree of certainty when you can't get hold of it is impossible; before eating anything you've found, make sure you cross check your ID with a local expert and/or a good guide book.
Remember, there are old mushroom pickers, and there are bold mushroom pickers, but there are no old, bold mushroom pickers
Onto plants, if you're looking for help identifying fruit, it is important to include a picture of leaves from the plant too, whether its a tree, what the plant looked like (how big, whether its woody, is it bushy, etc.), where it grew, etc. The more information you can give, the better chance ther is that someone can identify it for you.
For smaller plants and 'greens', nothing is quite so distinsuishing as the flower. So if you possibly can, a shot of the flower is invaluable. But also smell, texture, habitat, etc. All of these details are useful.
Lastly, always remember that identifying a sample from a description or even a good picture online is a hard task, and it is impossible to ever do so with absolute certainty. Use your own noggin too and check any suggested ID; be safe when eating wild foods!
Thanks,
Cab. |
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