These Wild Fresh Spring Rolls are one of those fantastic recipes that you can use with a vast range of different wild ingredients from Wild Garlic Buds to Magnolia Flowers, Garlic Mustard and the list goes on and on. They make a great side dish or work really well as…
Category: Mushrooms
This Jelly Ear Stir Fry recipe is one of those incredibly Moorish dinners that you can whip up in just 10 minutes. If you were to head out grab some fresh Jelly Ear mushrooms you could go from tree to dinner in 20 minutes! Click here for our guide on…
This Jelly Ear & Cherry Blossom chocolates recipe is a really exciting and exciting way to cook with wild and foraged mushrooms. In this recipe, we’re looking to utilise the ability the Jelly Ear Mushroom has to dehydrate and rehydrate really well. We will be taking the dehydrated mushroom and…
The best wild mushrooms for beginners The world of mushrooms and fungi can be an intimidating place for beginners so through this guide we’re going to look at the best wild mushrooms for beginners. Many of them look very similar and if you get it wrong there’s the risk of…
Truffles, an introduction One of the most commonly asked questions when we are running courses is ‘Will we find any Truffles today?’ unfortunately my answer is almost always no, through this guide we’re going to look at An Introduction to Truffles incase you happen to be lucky enough to stumble…
Pink Waxcap / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Porpolomopsis calyptriformis Common Names Pink Waxcap, Ballerina Waxcap Family Hygrophoraceae Habitat They are found in unimproved fields and pasture, verges and church yards. Description One of the rarest and most beautiful fungi in the UK. It was only removed from…
Blackening Waxcap / Summer / Autumn / Inedible Scientific Name Hygrocybe conica Common Names Blackening Waxcap, Black Wavy cap, Witches Hat Family Hygrophoraceae Habitat They are found in unimproved fields and pasture, verges and sand dunes. Description One of the most common Waxcaps in the UK, they are very variable…
Crimson Waxcap / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Hygrocybe punicea Common Names Crimson Waxcap, Crimson Wavy cap Family Hygrophoraceae Habitat They are found in unimproved fields and pasture. Description One of the largest Waxcaps, they’re not very common but in the right conditions can appear in quite large…
Scarlet Waxcap / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Hygrocybe coccinea Common Names Scarlet Waxcap, Scarlet hood, Righteous red waxy cap. Family Hygrophoraceae Habitat They are found in woodland clearings and mown meadows and fields, where fertilisers and herbicides aren’t used. Description One of the smaller red Waxcap, they…
Yellow False Truffle / Summer / Autumn / Inedible Scientific Name Rhizopogon luteolus Common Names Yellow False Truffle, Family Rhizopogonaceae Habitat They are mycorrhizal and grow just beneath the surface around pine tree. They are more common in the north on sandy soils. Description As the name suggests they are…