Tuesday 1 November 2011

Happy November foraging!

According to my mini (field guide) version of Richard Mabey’s Food For Free, there are plenty of fungi and nuts, as well as a few other goodies to forage for in November.

Here’s a quick run-down, lifted directly from Food For Free: 
   
Blewitt
Cauliflower fungus
Cep (one of my favourites...)
Chanterelle (another of my favourites...)
Chickweed
Happy November foraging!
Fairy-ring champignon
Field mushroom
Giant puffball
Hazelnut
Hedgehog fungus
Honey fungus
Horse mushroom
Jew’s ear
Oyster mushroom
Rosehip
Saffron milk cap
Shaggy cap
Sweet chestnut (just foraged some of these!!)
Velvet shanks
Walnuts


Remember leave plenty for the woods and hedgerow dwellers and take only what you can, and will eat.

Be careful with fungi –if you are in France you can check with any pharmacist on if your foraged fungi are edible if not.

Has Food for Free missed something? If so, please let me know? I’d love to read what other goodies you are foraging!   

Happy November foraging!
 Above: the path to the chestnut wood, behind Segur le Chateau, France.




2 comments:

Olivia Heal said...

Here (Norfolk, UK) breakfasted on Shaggy Inkcap - see blog - Happy Days, Happy Foraging!

Anonymous said...

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Greg Writeman
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