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Well, I seriously underestimated how much food to take on this last backpacking trip, so I can now report that the following fruit do not make me shit my pants when eaten in significant quantities:

Crowberry was a delight to find, and in no way pleasurable to eat.

On my list of goals for the year is to find cloudberries ripe in situ. Crowberry, too.

@DaveWildish (number of spores collected) x (likelihood of a spore to grow into mycelium that yields more caps) / (number of spores released by an average cap over its lifetime) There would be A LOT of zeros on the right side of that decimal point.

Is there any evidence in favor of mesh bags to drop spores when #foraging mushrooms? I'm talking about actual peer reviewed research - not anecdote, hearsay, or horse sense. #MushroomTwitter

@DaveWildish I also hear that mushrooms tend to release the most spores in the first twenty-four hours of opening, but I cannot confirm this either. That sounds like an overgeneralization, at the very least.

My first year dorm was surrounded by female gingko trees. It was quite the experience.

“With so much worry about insect declines, it’s useful to know there are simple, positive actions we can all take,” said Gill Perkins, Bumblebee Conservation Trust CEO. #garden #wildflowers #nativeplants #conservation #beefriendly #nature #pollinators

@1DeanHunt @FDEStars The only thing better than native flora is native flora eaten by native fauna.

@elzbaker Tribbilus canadensis.

@MelissaPetru nice!

Just casually sending my honeybee-interested neighbor some photos of amazing native bees in my yard this morning. Blowing her mind. Now she wants to give them some habitat in her yard too. 💕 Maybe honeybees are a gateway bee. #savethebees #nativeplants

@zoexiro Ferns reproduce sexually via swimming sperm.

Anyone have any crazy plant facts I can include in a trivia night? The weirder the better!

Dear students on #climatestrike: Thank you for what you are doing. It may feel like it is not making a difference but it is. My 8th-grade son Zane is out there drop-off striking but hasn't chosen to go on social media. Solidarity. #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate

Stop by our #NativeFlora garden and experience the natural diversity and beauty of the south. #BotanicalGarden t.uga.edu/3jp

Stinkhorn fungus: both a mature and an emerging "witch's egg" which is edible, usually eaten raw. #fungi #foraging

what a cutie!

@garden__honey Cool! Do cherries have fairly shallow roots?

Uncut grass is so crucial in so many ways! It's a safe place for snakes, ground-nesting birds, and everybody else who likes to hang out in there. Also good for carbon storage in the soil.

And of course I thought it was a good idea to add at least twenty pounds (10kg) of Laetiporus sulphureus (sulphur shelf) on top of my pack for the last five miles.

I figured that for the space of three meals 5000 calories would be good, considering that I would be eating immediately before and after. But then in two days I ended up doing something like 24 miles (37km) and rising 4600 feet (1400m), the most rugged terrain entirely off trail.

Well, I seriously underestimated how much food to take on this last backpacking trip, so I can now report that the following fruit do not make me shit my pants when eaten in significant quantities: