Foraging guides and recipes

The classic fairy tale mushroom

Found in pastureland, often in great numbers

A grassland mushroom with a deep purple stem

One of the edible orange milkcaps found with spruce

An inedible, possibly mildly toxic, lookalike of the deathcap

A large and common bracket fungus

Variation in form gives this mushroom its name

Considered to be the UK's most poisonous mushroom

A woodland puffball covered in sharp warts

This poisonous fungus is a common woodland find

Consider poisonous by some and edible with caution by others

An easy to spot fungus due to its bright colours

A distinctive fungus with many folds of ragged flesh

A poisonous mushroom that is common in the UK

One of the few edible springtime mushrooms

One of the most common boletes in the UK

A funnel-shaped mushroom that grows on dead trees

A red-staining edible member of the Agaricus genus

An edible mushroom for more advanced foragers

A commonly found bolete but not the best tasting

Although inedible, this fungus has many uses

A mushroom that looks like meat and even "bleeds"

A sought-after mushroom that often fruits in good numbers

The strong smell of aniseed gives this mushrooms its name