forager

“Flooding and drought significantly impact wild-foraged products, with damage that often takes years to stabilize. For example, the floods in North Carolina in September 2024 severely affected Appalachian truffle foragers.”

The musician is a keen forager with "an interest in mushrooms", and said she knew how to identify it and not mistake it for something poisonous.

The space was redolent of chanterelles, a bowlful of which she’d just received from a forager friend in exchange for a burger.

The needles likely were used to create garments from the animals' furs to keep the early foragers warm in what was a cool climate.

The organisation urges foragers to follow the Countryside Code - respect, protect and enjoy.