The practice of collecting wild edible plants and mushrooms has been around for centuries, with people in many parts of the world relying on them for sustenance.

But foraging is back in fashion with more and more people opting for sustainable food sources and ways to connect with nature. From forests and meadows to suburban yards and urban parks, with the right knowledge and skills, foraging can be done virtually anywhere.

So let’s have a look at what people found while out foraging and captured in these pictures. Thanks to these three communities on Reddit (this, this, and this one) where foragers shared their treasure, we now have an amazing collection to look at!

Psst! After you are done with this post, make sure to check out our previous article with more incredible foraged goods.

#1 Oh Hai

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#2 The Amethyst Mushroom Is Like A Galaxy!

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#3 Amanita Muscaria, Germany

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#4 An Interesting Shape Of A Mushroom That I Found

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#5 My Dad Sent Me This Pic Of Him Hanging Out In A Fairy Ring, Thought You All Would Enjoy

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#6 This… Bothers Me In So Many Levels

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#7 Didn’t Find A Single Mushie, But Still Brought Back A Good Haul

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#8 My Local Pizzeria Has A Deal Where They’ll Let You Add Items You Bring. Behold, The Matsutake Chanterelle Hedgehog Pizza

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#9 Blue-Head

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#10 I Just Made Tea With Rosemary Flowers! Does It Count As Foraging? I Can’t Go Far Because I’m Disabled ?‍♀️

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#11 Monster Porcini. Not Even That Wormy… I Dried Almost All Of It!

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#12 Here’s Some Beautiful Wild Shroomies! Location: Kerala, India

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#13 Just Spotted So Many Beautiful Amethyst Deceivers

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#14 Mother Nature At Her Best

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#15 An Army Of Little Fellas Finding A Way In The City

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#16 Found A 33lb Lion’s Mane Today (Tn, USA)

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#17 May The Spores Be With You

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#18 Have You Ever Seen A More Geometrically-Perfect Chanterelle?

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#19 Didn’t Know Mushrooms Grew On Pine

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#20 Great Hike!! Found A Ton Of Chanterelle And Cow. Bonus Find Was The Giant Salamander!

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#21 Friend Just Sent Me This, What Shall We Assume It Is?

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#22 Felt Compelled To Post My Favorite Photo I’ve Ever Taken, Id On The Fungi Appreciated 🙂 I Think My App Called Them Fairy Parachutes

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#23 Found Growing On Cedar Planks. Palm Beach Florida. Thought Someone Might Appreciate These Little Guys

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#24 I Made Acorn Flour From The White Oak Acorns In My Yard. Then I Made Cookies

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#25 I Thought This Was An Owl Or Some Other Bird

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#26 This Shii-Take Growing Log I Got From Work For Christmas Can Be Harvested 3-4 Times A Year For The Next 4-5 Years!

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#27 One Of The Most Photogenic Toadstools I Have Ever Come Across

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#28 Finally Found One In The Wild!!

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#29 Found This Yesterday

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#30 Mushroom At The Beach

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#31 I Have Found Large Truffles But This One Takes The Cake!!

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#32 Ramp Season In Ohio. Tried Ramp Pesto, It’s A Hit

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#33 A Wee Bit More Than I Bargained For ?

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#34 Teeny Tiny! One Of My Fb Friends Discovered This And Took The Pic

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#35 A Different Take On Foraging. The Tree Farm Wanted $60 For A Wreath. I Lashed Some Holly And A Found Deer Antler To Some Cedar Boughs Instead

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#36 4 Quarts Of Sea Salt From 30gallons Of Seawater

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#37 Basket Of Goodies! (Harvested In Eastern Canada In Autumn)

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#38 I Found These Little Guys With A Snail On Top Of Them Today

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#39 In Poland, You Don’t Even Have To Go Out To The Store To Find Frozen Mushrooms

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#40 Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus Comatus) Erupting From The Asphalt

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#41 Look What I Found In Southern France. Apparently Endangered In Europe, So I Left It Alone

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#42 Amazing Place For This Mushroom To Grow

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#43 Puff Ball Man

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#44 More Than 20 Ams This Morning In Front Of The Catholic Church In My Town. God Is Telling Us Something…

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#45 Mushroom Grown In A Petri Bowl On Agar. We Normally Only See The Fruit Of The Mushroom And Not The Actual Essential ”body” Part

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#46 Amanita Muscaria

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#47 Never Seen Anything Like This Pop Up In My Houseplants. Any Ideas?

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#48 Beans

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#49 The Rarest Mushroom I’ve Found So Far, Gliophorus Reginae

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#50 Cobalt Crust Fungus(Terana Caerulea)

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#51 California Newts Loving This Rotting Fungus. What Is It?

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#52 My Son Is Still Picking Tons Of Morels And Still Gets Emotional Finding The Giants! Just To Update Everyone! Enjoy Reading The Dumbass Comments Though Hahaha Pic Is From Spring 2022

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#53 I Foraged Some Lemons And Barrel Cactus Seeds And Made Some Cake ?

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#54 My Cotw That I Found This Year And The Yummy Meals I Made With It

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#55 Which Mushroom Is This?

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#56 Speechless And Truly In Awe Of This Find. Confirmation That It Is A Black Pearl Slime Mold?

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#57 Imagine Being The Size Of A Flea And Taking A Stroll Down There

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#58 2 Stems 1 Cap – Boletus Edulis

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#59 Morel’s In Central Los Angeles! After All Our Rain These Popped Up In My Back Yard Where A Compost Pile Used To Be

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#60 Epic Haul From A Honest Day’s Worth Of Foraging

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#61 Managed To Get 10kg Of Trumpet Chantarelles In Under 2 Hours Today

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#62 Anyone Have An Idea Of What These Mushrooms Are ? On A Birch Tree In New England

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#63 My Dying Tree Loves Making Oysters!

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#64 A Cool Shroom Cone From Today. Species Unknown. North Vancouver, Bc ??

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#65 The Whole House Smells Amazing

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#66 I Collected Sweet Chestnuts ?

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#67 Lycogala Epidendrum I Believe. Not A Fungus, But I Know There Are A Few Slime People In Here

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#68 This Bolete

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#69 Giant Lions Mane!!!

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#70 I Dried Out Mushrooms And Plants I Collected And Cast Them In Resin

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#71 Didn’t Finish Chopping The Firewood This Year. My Laziness Has Really Paid Off

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#72 Biggest Amanita Muscaria I Have Ever Found!

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#73 Guys Im Not Sure But I Think I Found A Mushroom

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#74 Amanita Muscaria, Found On The Oregon Coast. ??

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#75 My Dog LED Me To These Oysters In The Park

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#76 Vegan Fried Chicken Made With Oyster Mushrooms I Foraged

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#77 Golden Chanterelles And Yarrow

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#78 Been Studying Foraging For About A Year And Nearly Had A Heart Attack When I Spotted This Today. My First Ever Lions Lane (And The First Thing I’m Confident Enough To Eat!)

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#79 Too Gorgeous To Pick (Also Because I Have No Idea What It Is)

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#80 Made Wine From A Ton Of Prickly Pear I Harvested In New Mexico This September. Looks Rad. Tastes Like Fancy Dirt

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#81 I Saw A Post Earlier This Week About Someone Finding Huitlacoche In A Corn Field. It Inspired Me To Look For My Own, And I Found It!!!!

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#82 Summer Pickings Never Wasted- Blueberry Smoothie

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#83 First Flush Monster ? 652g Wet

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#84 Fresh Danish Seaweed – Chorda Filum

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#85 So Acorn Coffee Is Pretty Legit

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#86 I Found These Beauties While Exploring Yesterday 🙂

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#87 Collection Of Wild Psilocybin Mushrooms – Harvested In Bc ?

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#88 A Couple Oyster Mushrooms Today 🙂

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#89 Psilocybe Cyanescens

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#90 Is This The Fabled Smut I Keep Seeing? Did I Find Some? There Was A Bit In The Corn Maze I Did Today!

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#91 Wild Lions Mane Mushroom 15+ Pounds!

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#92 It Was A Good Day Porcini Hunting. 10.2lbs Overall!

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#93 Went To The Pumpkin Patch Today And Couldn’t Pass These Up In The Corn Field! ?

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#94 Prickly Pears

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#95 My First Time Foraging. Found Crab Apples, Rose Hip, Some Kind Of Berry Which I Will Research, A Lily, Wild Carrots And Dandelion Leaves

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#96 Gorgeous Golden Chanterelle

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#97 My Dad Casually Sent Me This Text Today

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#98 Found My First Morels This Year!

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#99 Large Boletus In The White Mountains ?

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#100 Lion’s Mane Breakfast!

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#101 I Found An Araucaria Pine Cone. I Know They’re Edible, But Does Anyone Know How To Prepare Them For Consumption?

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#102 Giant Chanterelle!

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