A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms makes this park a great place for foraging in the fall: burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores; the root of sassafras, which tastes like root beer, makes a great tea, as well as root beer; chickweed, which tastes like corn; Sechuan pepper; the American persimmon, with a sweet fruit that gets better as it gets uglier! The ginkgo trees will be at their peak; health food stores sell extracts of this relic from the days of the dinosaurs to improve circulation and aid memory. Pear-shaped puffballs, blewits, brick tops, enokis, oyster mushrooms, and tree ear mushrooms could pop up anywhere. The tour will last for about 4 hours. Please wear a mask and observe social distancing.
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