There are many small ways to save the planet - but who’d have guessed the dishwasher was one?

This is going to be a bumper year for wildings (often mistakenly called crab apples). They might be small and unbelievably tart, but they are a wonderful ingredient for the imaginative forager . . .

Gathering fallen timber without permission is technically theft - but all is not lost!

The beauty of timber-framed buildings - and a tenuous link to fungi . . .

Chanterelles are definitely one of summer’s highlights

The solstice might have been and gone, but it’s still three days until the latest sunset . . .

Death caps are very much in the news at the moment - but how deadly are they?

Mushroom poisoning is very much in the news at the moment. This blog is a look at the toadstool facts.

The cuckoo’s call is arguably the most instantly recognised spring sound . . .

Can plants be reliable long-range weather forecasters?

Not all foraged produce is equal . . .

One of the first really great foraged greens is just starting to emerge . . .

Snow and ice are here - is there any hope of finding an edible mushroom?

Christmas is fungally-rooted . . .

A day’s mushroom foraging in Mid-Wales makes a memorable Christmas present . . .

Our two ‘true’ hawks are birds of wonder . . .

Winter doesn’t have to mean the end of everything . . .

The appearance of fly agaric should make every forager's pulse beat faster . . .

Autumn is a season of changing colours . . .

It's a bumper year for rowan berries - what does this mean?