Common Inkcap / All Year Round / Toxic Description An easy to identify mushroom, they are very common and typically appear in large clumps or tufts on dead wood. When handled you will leak a black ink-like substance. This process is known as deliquescing. The spores are carried by this…
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Buttercaps / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Rhodocollybia Butyraceae Common Names Buttercaps, Buttery Collybia, Greasy Toughshank. Family Marasmiaceae Habitat Very common, they are saprotrophic on most types of leaf litter but are most often found under conifers. They can appear in troops or rings. Description A…
Wavy Caps / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Psilocybe Cyanescens Common Names Wavy Caps, Blueleg Brownie. Family Hymenogastraceae Habitat They are saprotrophic and are normally found growing on woodchip or mulch. They are probably an alien species, bought over by accident on imported woods from the USA. Description …
Fools Funnel / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Toxic Scientific Name Clitocybe Rivulosa Common Names Fools funnel, False Champignon, The Sweating Mushroom. Family Tricholomataceae Habitat In grass, they are saprotrophic with the root systems of grasses. Description A seriously toxic mushroom that all foragers should be familiar with. The…
Horse’s Hoof Fungus/ All Year Round / Inedible Scientific Name Fomes Fomentarius Common Names Horse’s Hoof fungus, Tinder Fungus, Tinder Bracket, Iceman Fungus. Family Polyporaceae Habitat They are most often found on dead wood, logs and stumps, but they do sometimes appear on older living trees. Mostly they grow on…
Artist Bracket / All Year Round / Edible Scientific Name Ganoderma Applanatum Common Names Artist Bracket, Artist Conk, Bear Bread. Family Ganodermataceae Habitat Common on dead wood, logs and stumps, often in tiered groups. Most commonly found on hardwoods such as Oak and Beech but they do sometimes appear on…
Larch Bolete / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Scientific Name Suillus Grevillei Common Names Larch bolete, Greville’s Bolete. Family Boletales Habitat Mycorrhizal with Larch tree’s. They can appear in arcs or fairy rings. Description A fairly common, easy to identify mushroom. Identifying Features for the Larch Bolete: Cap:…
Winter Chanterelle/Autumn/Winter/Edible Scientific Name Craterellus Tubaeformis Common Names Winter Chanterelle, Trumpet chanterelle, Yellow Foot Family Cantharellaceae Habitat Not too common but can be found in quite large numbers. A delicious wintertime mushroom, most often found growing with beech or birch and quite often in mossy areas. They do also appear…
GORSE / SPRING / SUMMER / AUTUMN / WINTER / EDIBLE / DEADLY COMMON NAMES Gorse, Prickly broom, furze BOTANICAL NAME Ulex Europaeus PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Root – Unknown. Stems/Bark – Green stems with the shoots and leaves modified into spikes. Leaves – It’s leaves are long, sharp and spiky. Flowers –…
Sea Buckthorn / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible How to Identify Sea Buckthorn Common Names Sea Buckthorn, Buckthorn, Tang Bush, Sea Berry. Botanical Name Hippophae Rhamnoides Meaning of Botanical Name The Latin Hippo meaning horse and phaos meaning to shine has been given to sea buckthorn as it…
