The Hunt for Oyster Mushrooms: A Forager's Guide with Hoosier Forager

This episode is a conversation with Tim Frost (aka Hoosier Forager) all about oyster mushroom foraging. Tim is a wild edible mushroom identification expert and educator. His content covers edible & medicinal mushroom and plant identification, cooking & storing wild foods, as well as general foraging tips.

Episode Overview:

• How Tim started his mushroom foraging journey
• Why we love oyster mushrooms and foraging for them
• Unique fun facts about wild oyster mushrooms
• How to identify some of the abundant oyster mushroom varieties here in the US
• The habitat wild oyster mushrooms grow in and when you can harvest them
• Best ways to harvest oyster mushrooms and how to preserve them for later use
• Fun culinary applications of oyster mushrooms and their nutritional value
• And more

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Resources/Studies:
Nutritional Analysis of Oyster Mushrooms
Oyster Mushroom Antimicrobial Activity Study