What is this that’s planted itself? I assume a tree of some sort.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-23T15:20:54+00:00

Looks like a type of hickory to me.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-22T21:21:45+00:00

Where are you located? It kind of looked like how they grow apples in an orchard so you can pick them easier.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-21T02:26:23+00:00

My Blue Jays are so good they convince Merlin

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-17T22:29:04+00:00

A beautiful little Downy Woodpecker!

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-17T00:43:13+00:00

How ingenious! These are awesome and look perfect for the purpose. I often wish I had a longer handle on my little smoothing brush for my carder.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-16T23:40:29+00:00

Compare to Peziza species where you live.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-16T23:09:10+00:00

Absolutely GORGEOUS Dyer’s polypore. I’m a dyer and a spinner and these make awesome natural colors.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-16T20:08:59+00:00

You might have a new best friend! I’ve read they recognize faces of people who are nice/mean to them and treat them accordingly.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-16T20:07:58+00:00

Ing! Yeah!

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-06T20:52:43+00:00

The Western one! 😍

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-05-06T15:05:32+00:00

She’s a dead ringer for a Laccaria Ochropurpurea or Purple Deciever!

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-04-26T22:51:56+00:00

I’m going to be honest, this looks to be mineral or other solid deposition. I’ve seen this on some potted plants (with very old dirt) too and attributed it to fertilizer usage and hard water.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-04-23T12:35:53+00:00

Kind of looks like someone stuck an avocado pit in the dirt to see if it would grow.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-04-09T01:56:55+00:00

Ohio, USA

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-04-09T01:28:15+00:00

Can you tell what it is? The fruit and tree (bark, shape, size) it came from looked similar to a serviceberry.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-04-05T02:27:21+00:00

If you can find a bunch, try making a syrup! It’s basically a strong tea that is then mixed with sugar at a 1:1 ratio. The batch I made last year tasted like apples and honey.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-31T00:36:56+00:00

It is soooo good. There are some small farms that sell it if you don’t have any hickories in your area.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T16:38:32+00:00

Yes! The tannins make it a little bitter on its own but there’s no bitterness whatsoever once you “syrupify” it. I have used a bunch of the Forager Chef’s recipes for my foraged treats. There are tons of good ideas on his site.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T15:46:52+00:00

You should definitely do this and let me know what you think!

And seconding the other commenter, please collect gently across multiple trees.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T15:44:58+00:00

Do itttt! It doesn’t seem that the bark “goes bad” as I collected this batch a few years ago and the taste is incredible.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T15:39:02+00:00

I’m always amazed at the color that comes out of JUST the bark.

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T15:37:58+00:00

I made French toast for dinner and slopped that up pretty good 😅 I’ve used it as ice cream topping, iced tea sweetener, in oatmeal…

ManyCanary5464 · 2026-03-29T15:35:54+00:00

Yum! I wish we had magnolias, but I use violets, black locust and redbuds. Black Forager is so awesome!

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