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Archive for the ‘Wild Plants’ Category
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Posted in Edible fungi, Edible seashore, Forage, Fungi Tour, Herbs, Plants, Recipes, What to expect from our blog, wild fungi, Wild Plants on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
June Foraging
Posted in Bilberries, Boletes, Brown Birch boletes, Chanterelle, Charcol Burner, Chicken of the woods, Edible fungi, Fairy Ring Champignon, Forage, Girolle, Larch boletes, Peppery Bolete, The Prince, wild fungi, Wild Plants on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Brown Birch Bolete – Leccinum scabrum This is probably the earliest we have found one of these! Usually found near Birch Trees – medium sized brown cap, small grey pores bruising brown, slim white stem covered with tiny brown-black scales denser near the base. Bilberries – Vaccinium myritillus Usually found on heaths [...]
May Foraging
Posted in Bugle, Chicken of the woods, Dryads saddle, Edible fungi, Edible seashore, Elderflower, Forage, Herbs, Marsh Samphire, Oregano, Ramsons, Recipes, Sea Beet, Sea Kale, Water Mint, wild fungi, Wild garlic, Wild Marjoram, Wild Plants, Wild Strawberries on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wild garlic – Ransoms/Allium ursinum The flowers are starting to come up on the garlic now, which will help with identification The flowers seen as clusters of snow-white, star shaped flowers in spring and early summer, which grow on long stalks above broad, bright green leaves. See February for description for leaves etc. Flowers can [...]
April foraging
Posted in Edible fungi, Forage, Horse-radish, Morels, Oxeye Daisy, Primrose, Recipes, Scarlet Elf Cup, Silver Weed, St Georges Mushroom, Sweet Violets, wild fungi, Wild Plants on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
St Georges Mushroom -Calocybe Gambosa They can often be found on roadsides, hedgerows & along foot paths. The cap measures 5-10 cm, has a velvety texture with dimples. The cap, stem and flesh can be from white to creamy buff coloured. The gills are white and crowded, the flesh is thick and soft and has [...]
March foraging
Posted in Forage, Pignut, Recipes, Wild Plants, Wood Sorrel on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pignut – Conopodium majus We have found this early this year usually comes out May to July. Can be found in grassland and woodland. A slender single stemmed plant 20-50cm high. Leaves are feathery with narrow lodes. If you follow the fragile stem gently down through the soil, you will find the nutty tuber. This [...]
February foraging
Posted in Forage, Garlic mustard, Jack by the hedge, Plants, Ramsons, Recipes, Wild garlic, Wild Plants on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jack by the hedge/Garlic mustard -Alliaria petiolata We often come across Jack by the hedge on edges of woods and on hedge banks. its height 30-90cm leaves a fresh bright and green in colour and slightly jagged edge(see photo below), small white flowers appear April to June. When bruised or chopped the leaves give off [...]
