Dry mushrooms - PEM BB foraging.straw.mushrooms

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the Straw badge in Foraging.

Foraging is like gardening but without all the planting, weeding, nibbler protection or watering.  If you live in the country there are lots of road sides and trails to search.  This must be wild foods - not gleaning or harvesting from an actively cultivated space.

Plant identification is the most important part of foraging.  Get one or two good books on the edibles of your region.  Be sure you know what you're picking!

 
 

Minimum requirements:
  - Forage 20 lbs of edible mushrooms (fresh weight)
  - Dry them for long term storage
  - Could include:
      - Chicken of the woods
      - Oyster
      - Morel
      - Chanterelles
  - Need to be untended plants, for instance:
      - Growing in the wild
      - From an abandoned homestead, now in the wild
      - Guerilla gardened plants
  - Not allowed:
       - Plants in yards/parks/businesses

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - One of the mushrooms in the wild before picking
  - Describe the mushrooms you picked and how you know they're edible
  - The bounty on a scale showing the weight (or you have so much, there is no need to weigh it)
  - Food drying
  - Dry mushrooms stored with a label on the container