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Index of Subjects I am just wondering if the nostoc is intentional to wipe out the duck over-population?? I don't wish to trigger off a lengthy debate. Just some info would be appreciated. Thanks. liz ----- Original Message ----- From: <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: "Dusan Soudek" <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:04 PM 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.... > >
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