Fungi fanatics hate the phrase ‘toadstool’ because it is both laden with prejudice and deeply-misleading – when did you last see a toad on a mushroom?
Frogs
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Frogs
Pennywort
Pennywort is a delicious Welsh wild food ingredient which ranks with most wild mushrooms…
Silver Birch
Many edible mushrooms have symbiotic relationships with birch, but the tree itself can provide a delicious product.
Great Spotted Woodpecker
The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a colourful and exciting bird that probes mushrooms for its insect diet…
Mistle Thrush
As we tuck into hearty mushroom casseroles, Daniel Butler argues the mistle thrush, not the robin, should be the real Christmas bird…
Partridge
Partridge is available throughout the autumn and makes the perfect vehicle for a wild mushroom sauce…
Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs begin to hibernate just as the main mushroom crop begins to dwindle…
Jay
A fleeting glimpse of a garish jay is a common sight on a autumn mushroom foray…
Sloe
Sloes are a frequent ‘by-catch’ on forays and the next season the resulting drink makes the perfect end to a chilly expedition. The fruit of the blackthorn is justly famous as a gin flavouring and the perfect time to pick these is after their skins have been softened by the first frost. Thanks to its hard needle-sharp spikes (they can puncture tractor tyres) blackthorn is one of the best hedging materials and is therefore…
Practical Permaculture Gardening Course 3/4th Oct
Practical Permaculture Gardening A two-day course. 9.30am -5pm both days Thursday 12 – Friday 13 Nov 2009
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