Mushrooms, Lichen, Flowers, Herbs, Teas

[gameuser2015]

This huge, open-world game is both immersive & de-stressing for me. Putting on earphones. Turning the lights off. The experience is amazing and often lasts for hours.

Having more options available for foraging would only make the experience more intriguing! Teas, Garlic, Berries, Mushrooms, Nuts - all great things to forage & cook in the warm comfort of the Forestry Lookout tower while watching a raving blizzard outside. Also, more, more, more sounds!

 

Teas: Bog Labrador

• Images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bog+labrador+tea&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images
• Info https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=legr
• "This northern shrub, typical of acidic, boggy areas, can easily be recognized by the woolly brown undersurfaces of its leaves. A tea can be made from the leaves, as was done during the American Revolution. In northern Canada, the plant is known as Hudson’s Bay Tea."
   

Garlic: Canada Onion / Meadow Garlic

• Image & Info https://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/wildgarlic.html

Mushrooms: Chanterelles

• Images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Chanterelles+&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images
• YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aOwgaIFKMY
• The Jack 'O Lantern mushroom looks exactly identical but is poisonous; could be an interesting hazard

 

Mushrooms: Black Morel

• Images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=black+morel&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images
• Info https://practicalselfreliance.com/foraging-morel-mushrooms-find-identify-morels/

 

Mushrooms: Shaggy Mane

• Images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shaggy+mane+mushrooms&t=h_&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
• Info https://practicalselfreliance.com/shaggy-mane-mushrooms/

 

Berries: Chokecherry

• Images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=canadian+winter+lichen&t=h_&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
• Info https://northernbushcraft.com/topic.php?name=chokecherry&region=ab&ctgy=edible_berries

Berries: Ferry Bell

• Info & Images https://northernbushcraft.com/topic.php?name=fairy+bell&region=ab&ctgy=edible_berries

Berries: Black Huckleberry

• Info & Images https://northernbushcraft.com/topic.php?name=black+huckleberry&region=ab&ctgy=edible_berries

Nuts: Pine Nuts

• Info & Images https://www.primalsurvivor.net/harvest-pine-nuts-wild/
• Harvesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEvZPtxHlzQ

Nuts: Wild Nuts in Canada

• Info & Images https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wild-nuts-in-canada

Sounds: More of Everything!

• Info https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/01/worlds-largest-natural-sound-archive-now-online
• "The collection contains nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings equaling more than 10 terabytes of data with a total run time of 7,513 hours. About 9,000 species are represented."
• Crows, seagulls, magpies, woodpeckers, crickets
• Frying
• Boiling
• Sipping
• Chewing
• Footsteps relative to what you're stepping on
• Hours-long, non-repeating campfire sounds (ASMR)

 

[Guest jeffpeng]

It's always worth pointing out that more stuff in the game skews balancing. But personally I wouldn't object to some Chanterelle stew  I actually love those. I think more variety in the local flora would indeed benefit the game.