Can You Eat Cutleaf Ground Cherry? A Guide to Safely Foraging the Ripe Fruit
                                
                                
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                                As members of the nightshade family, all groundcherries—including the cutleaf ground cherry (Physalis angulata)—have toxic foliage and unripe fruit. However, you can eat cutleaf ground cherry fruit once it is fully ripe, identified by its golden-yellow color and papery husk.