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A Secwempec (Shuswap) elder near Kamloops, British Columbia, placing soaked Bryoria fremontii into a pit oven for cooking. Photo copyright Sandra Peacock 1992.

Bryoria fremontii was the most widely used edible lichen in North America -- a famine food for many groups, and a delicacy for some.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph copyright Sandra Peacock