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Common beech - Fagus sylvatica
A tree with edible parts and important to many fungi
Chickweed - Stellaria media
A very common plant excellent in salads
Is eating your Christmas tree a bad idea?
Should you be scoffing your festive centrepiece?
Amethyst deceiver - Laccaria amethystina
A strikingly coloured autumn mushroom
Lilac fibrecap - Incocybe lilacina
A common deadly poisonous mushroom
Peppery bolete - Chalciporus piperatus
An edible but spicy bolete
Mottled bolete - Leccinum variicolor
An uncommon Leccinum species with some blue staining
Orange oak bolete - Leccinum aurantiacum
Despite its common name, this Leccinum associates with various trees
Orange birch bolete - Leccinum versipelle
The orange birch bolete is one of the tastier Leccinums
Summer bolete - Boletus reticulatus
A large summer mushroom that is a tasty edible
Spearmint - Mentha spicata
A strong smelling herb that is often cultivated
Wild strawberry - Fragaria vesca
A common and easy to identify relative of cultivated strawberries
Meadowsweet, apple and spearmint sorbet with cinnamon apple crisps
A refreshing pairing of meadowsweet and apple
Panther cap - Amanita pantherina
One of the poisonous members of the Amanita genus
Monkshood - Aconitum napellus
A plant that is deadly poisonous, even through touch
Balsam bashing
How do UK laws affect the picking of this invasive edible
Juneberry - Amelanchier spp
A naturalised tree with sweet, edible berries
Few-flowered garlic - Allium paradoxum
An invasive member of the onion family
Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius
A well-known and highly sought after edible mushroom
Fiendish fungi
Spooky mushrooms for Halloween
The phoenix of flora: rosebay willowherb
One of the most striking plants of summer, rosebay Willowherb is a vigorous pioneer plant with plenty to offer the forager in the warmer mon
Wild celery - Apium graveolens
The wild progenitor of cultivated variants
Inside the magic circle: the science and folklore of fairy rings
These mysterious circles have enchanted for centuries
Six foraged cocktails to see you through the summer
Some inspiration for you to go wild with your summer mixology
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