Ep. 193: Appalachian Forager - Go Forth and Forage (feat. Whitney Johnson)

About this episode

In this episode, Whitney Johnson discusses foraging for edible and medicinal mushrooms in the Appalachian region.

GUEST: https://bookshop.org/p/books/go-forth-and-forage-a-guide-to-foraging-over-50-of-the-most-common-edible-medicinal-north-american-mushrooms-whitney-johnson/21618294?ean=9780760392751&next=t https://appalachianforager.com/home https://www.instagram.com/appalachian_forager/ https://www.tiktok.com/@appalachian_forager MENTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluegrassmycological/ https://en.wikipedia....

People in this episode

Guest: Whitney Johnson

Topics covered

• foraging
• edible mushrooms
• medicinal mushrooms
• Appalachian culture
• nature

Keywords

• foraging
• mushrooms
• Appalachian Forager
• edible mushrooms
• medicinal mushrooms
• nature
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Appalachian Forager, Bluegrass Mycological, Wikipedia

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