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Index of Subjects Nostoc may now be called something else; for a while. Prescott (1954) freshwater algae says "Colonies of Nostoc growing on damp soil are used as food by orientals." I would advise anyone who wished to try Nostoc balls to be cautious. Yt, DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hebda, Andrew J" <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:57 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls in freshwater ? > Not familiar with that name... would these be Volvox? > > A > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of duartess@ns.sympatico.ca > Sent: September-20-12 3:04 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; Hebda, Andrew J > Cc: Dusan Soudek > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls in freshwater ? > > Know that a 'blue-green algea' has recently been suspected as causing the > deaths of several pet dogs that went swimming in water that contained it. > This was in New Brunswick. Don't know if we're talking about the same type > of thing or not. > Speaking only for myself, however, I wouldn't even chance it. > > Sincerely, > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > ---- Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> Last weekend I canoed through the bogs and marshes of the Missaguash >> River on the border with N.B. At several locations in Missaguash Marsh I >> observed a large number of floating pea-sized balls of the blue-green >> alga (cyanophyte) Nostoc sp., the largest concentration I'd ever seen. It >> looked like someone had dumped a truckload of bright green peas into the >> water. >> I simply had to taste these balls, knowing full well that certain >> cyanophytes produce neurotoxins. But there is some chatter on Google that >> these algae (or cyanobacteria) are edible. >> Has anyone on NatureNS eaten Nostoc? Any ill effects? Do these balls >> have a common English name in N.S.? >> Dusan Soudek >> >> P.S. A local couple we'd met had just collected three buckets of field >> mushrooms on a local pasture near the river. But they didn't share their >> fortune.... >> >> > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5278 - Release Date: 09/19/12 >
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