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Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 39 "Wild Plum"

Botanical Name : Prunus domestica Common names : Bullace, Plum, Wild Plum, Egg Plum, Round Plum, Black Bullace. The name is commonly thought to derive from the French word "beloce" meaning slow. P...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 38 "Honey Fungus"

Botanical Name : Armillariella mellea Common names : Honey Fungus, Stump Mushroom, Stumpie, Pipinky, Pinky. Physical appearance : The Honey Fungus grows to between 5-12 cm in height. It has a ligh...

WIld Edible Of The Week - Week 40 "Velvet Shank"

Botanical Name : Flammulina velutipes Common names : Velvet Shank, Velvet Foot, Winter Fungus Physical appearance : Orange/yellow caps with curved, velutinous stems which can be yellow to brown in ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 29 - "Beech"

Botanical name : Fagus sylvatica Common names : Beech, Beech Tree Physical appearance : A decidious tree with smooth, grey bark which grows up to 40 metres in height. It has oval shaped, bright gr...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 31 - "Saffron Milk Cap"

Botanical name : Lactarius deliciosus Common names : Saffron Milk Cap, red pine mushroom, pine mushroom Physical appearance : A funnel shaped, large, light orange mushroom with a short orange stem...

Wild Edible of the Week - Week 32 - "Jack-by-the-hedge"

Botanical Name : Alliaria petiolata Common names : Jack-by-the-hedge, Garlic Mustard, Garlic Root, Hedge Garlic, Sauce Alone, Jack-in-the-bush, Penny Hedge, Poor Man's Mustard Physical appearance :...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 22 - "Wild Gooseberry"

Botanical name : Ribes uva-crispa Common names : Gooseberry, Fae-berry Physical appearance : A numerously branched low growing spiny shrub, growing up to 1.2 metres (4ft) in height. Its leaves hav...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 24 - "Heather"

Botanical name : Calluna vulgaris Common names : Heather, Ling, Common Heather Physical appearance : An evergreen shrub which grows up to 1 metre in height with numerous tiny leaves which grow in ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 25 - "Black Mustard"

Botanical name : Brassica Nigra Common names : Black Mustard, Physical appearance : A tall green/grey annual, growing up to a metre in height. It has stalked leaves and the lower leaves are lobed ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 28 - "Poppy"

Botanical name : Papaver rhoeas Common names : Common Poppy, Corn Poppy, Corn Rose, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Red Poppy Physical appearance : A hairy annual 30-60cm in height. It's characterist...