Scurvy Grass / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Name: Common Scurvy Grass, Danish Scurvy Grass, English Scurvy Grass Botanical Name Cochlearia officinalis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaceae Physical Characteristics for Scurvy Grass There is Scurvy Grass for most of the…
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Charlock Mustard / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Charlock Mustard, field mustard, wild mustard, charlock Botanical Name Sinapis arvensis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics for Mustard Charlock Leaves The leaves are long, with varying degrees of invagination along the…
Purple Russula / Summer / Autumn / Edible Scientific Name Russula Atropurpurea Family Russulaceae Habitat Mixed woodland, particularly Oak and Beech. Description Russula atropurpurea is quite a large mushroom and very common. The centre is almost black, with a purple region near the rim, which gave it its former common name…
Fat Hen / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Fat Hen (Chenopodium Album) Identification A delicious fast growing native annual. Very common. Common Names Fat Hen, White goose foot, lambs quarters, wild spinach. Botanical Name Chenopodium Album Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Caryophyllales Family – Amaranthaceae Physical…
Ground Elder / Spring / Summer / Edible Common Names Gout weed, Bishops weed, Herb Gerard Botanical Name Aegopodium podagraria Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Apiales Family – Apiaceae Identifying Features for Ground Elder Non-native, flowering, herbaceous perennial Why not check out our Ground Elder foraging video? Leaves…
Saffron Milkcap/Summer/Autumn/ Edible The Saffron Milkcap mushroom is one of the most exciting wild mushrooms to forage, when damaged it produces a vibrant orange latex-like liquid and is a great edible. Common Names Saffron milk cap, delicious milk cap, red pine mushroom Scientific Name  Lactarius deliciosus Family Russulaceae Habitat Grows…
Mushrooms are in abundance at the moment and through this piece we’ll be looking at the Top Five Mushrooms to Forage in November. Any walk through a green space or forest will have you tripping over some sort of Fungi and there is so much variety! Here I want to…
Through this piece we’re going to take a deep dive into: Liberty caps Psilocybe semilanceata identification and effects to see how it affects the body. Let’s start with the facts: Magic Mushrooms are illegal and have been since 2005 they are deemed as class A drugs. They bring to mind…
Foraging in Sussex The deep south of the country provides a really interesting and varied foraging location. There is variety and abundance all through the year and often certain things will even thrive in winter due to the slightly milder temperatures experienced in Sussex. There are some great finds to…
Botanical Name Fraxinus excelsior Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Lamiales Family – Oleaceae Physical Characteristics Stems Light grey bark, that fissures with age, the stems are smooth with distinctive black buds, which are arranged in opposite pairs.  Leaves Large compound leaves, up to 40 cm long, are…