I was searching through the woods beside the Eve River, looking for mushrooms after a few days of rain. I found only one, and not the species I was hoping for. But there are false lilies of the valley, and they are holding up their mottled green and red berries; that was enough.
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| Maianthemum dilatatum |
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| The riper they are, the redder. |
Some First Nations people ate them, but according to the guide book, "they were seldom highly regarded as food." But the leaves and the pounded roots were used by various groups to heal sore eyes. I should have brought a few leaves home with me for after a long session on the computer.
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Andaba en un bosque al lado del rio Eve, buscando hongos después de unos dias de lluvia. Encontré solo uno, y no era de los que esperaba hallar. Pero los lirios del valle falsos llevaban sus bayas verdes salpicadas de manchas rojas; me di por bien servida.
Fotos: bayas de los lirios del valle falsos, Maiathemum dilatatum. Entre más maduran, más se vuelven rojas.
Algunas de las Primeras Naciones (los indígenas de esta región) las comían, pero según mi libro guía, — Pocas veces se consideraban como alimento muy bueno. — Pero usaban las hojas y las raices machucadas para curar ojos adoloridos. Debería de haber traído algunas a casa para usar después de horas delante de la pantalla de la computadora.
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