#foragingforfood

🍃An absolutely wonderful book for those who are learning about foraging! Includes not only how to find and identify plant species, but how to prepare them as well! 🍃

Xanthoria parietina and Physcia lichens, growing on mulberry bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria and Physcia lichens grow in similar environments, and therefore they can be often seen together.  A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.  Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not plants. They may have tiny, leafless branches (fruticose); flat leaf-like structures (foliose); crust-like, adhering tightly to a surface (substrate) like a thick coat of paint (crustose); a powder-like appearance (leprose); or other growth forms. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Αττικό Άλσος) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce8JkXqr-ED/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thoroughly surprised to spot this hidden in the bushes! So lovely! · · · #mushrooms #foraging #chanterelle #mushroom #foragingforfood #fungi #mushroomsociety #fungus #foragingfinds #mushroomhunting #nature #mushroomspotting #mushroomphotography #mushroomsofinstagram #naturephotography #mushrooms_of_our_world #allthemushroomhashtags #foragingmushrooms #mushroomhunter #fungiphotography #fungusamongus #mushroomkingdom #youfungus #mushroomlove #fantasticfungi #wildmushrooms (at Humboldt County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFpIjrUspFy/?igshid=6ehacuxsm9dy

I think engaging with nature through things like foraging are an important part of getting conservation measures in place. Because if people can recognise fruits and other edibles- ones they like maybe, or have good memories of- then that little appreciation can go a long way. Because then it’s not just big old faceless ‘nature’ anymore: it’s the blackthorn and elder you used to make jam; apples and plums you collected with your sister; nuts and greens and flowers you found while walking the dog. When a community are engaged with nature like that, I think that’s when you’d have such a potential for conservation action.

Who can resist natures delights? 🍇 Certainly not me. I can't walk by a blackberry bush without sampling it's fruit 😍 . . . #ThankYouNature #blackberries #blackberry #blackberrybush #wildfood #wild #wildfruit #fruit #naturesdelights #wildlife_shots #littlethings #wonderful #scrumping #forage #foraging #hedgerow #foragingforfood #appreciatethelittlethings #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #outdoors #outdoorswoman #tasty #yum #british #greatbritishcountryside #gb #england (at England) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2n7oSlBwKw/?igshid=1am6nyynjfbl3

Xanthoria parietina lichen, growing on pine bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria parietina prefers growing on bark and wood; it is found more rarely on rock. The upper surface is some shade of yellow, orange, or greenish yellow, almost green when growing in shady situations, while the lower surface is white, with a cortex, and with sparse pale rhizines or hapters. The outer "skin" of the lichen, the cortex, is composed of closely packed fungal hyphae and serves to protect the thallus from water loss due to evaporation as well as harmful effects of high levels of irradiation. In Xanthoria parietina, the thickness of the thalli is known to vary depending on the habitat in which it grows. Thalli are much thinner in shady locations than in those exposed to full sunshine; this has the effect of protecting the algae that cannot tolerate high light intensities. The lichen pigment parietin gives this species a deep yellow or orange-red color. The water extract of X. parietina has good antiviral activity in vitro, inhibiting the replication of human parainfluenza virus type 2. In the past it was used as a remedy for jaundice because of its yellow color. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CajV-JrMvXd/?utm_medium=tumblr

Xanthoria parietina lichen, growing on pine bark. Read more below! Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey Xanthoria parietina prefers growing on bark and wood; it is found more rarely on rock. The upper surface is some shade of yellow, orange, or greenish yellow, almost green when growing in shady situations, while the lower surface is white, with a cortex, and with sparse pale rhizines or hapters. The outer "skin" of the lichen, the cortex, is composed of closely packed fungal hyphae and serves to protect the thallus from water loss due to evaporation as well as harmful effects of high levels of irradiation. In Xanthoria parietina, the thickness of the thalli is known to vary depending on the habitat in which it grows. Thalli are much thinner in shady locations than in those exposed to full sunshine; this has the effect of protecting the algae that cannot tolerate high light intensities. The lichen pigment parietin gives this species a deep yellow or orange-red color. The water extract of X. parietina has good antiviral activity in vitro, inhibiting the replication of human parainfluenza virus type 2. In the past it was used as a remedy for jaundice because of its yellow color. Photo taken by me, all rights reserved. Text credit: Wikipedia. #herbaleducation #xanthoria #deepecology #lichenology #ecology #lichen #lichens  #greekforest #hikinggreece #medicinalplants #eatweeds #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZoM52MUg_/?utm_medium=tumblr