Wild Edibles

The black-staining polypore is certainly one of the more fascinating wild edible mushrooms.

For several reasons, the northern dewberry is often overlooked as a summer berry in the Blue Ridge.

On our land in Botetourt County, Virginia, this round, white mushroom typically begins appearing in late June and continues to do so through the rest of the summer.

“Pass the fungus,” is not common dinnertime conversation in the Blue Ridge Mountains region, but that’s because folks perhaps have not heard of the white jelly snow fungus.

Numerous species of puffballs are native to the Blue Ridge, and certainly one of the most common ones is the dull-white gem-studded puffball.