MUSHROOMS THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS
This seasonal mushroom calendar gives you a clean ‘quick view’ as to what’s out there at any time throughout the year.
There are over 14,000 species of wild mushroom in the UK, so to show them all here would be quite ridiculous, not to mention extremely time consuming! I have listed a selection of common edible, inedible and poisonous fungi based on the time they may first appear (or at their most prolific). Those with a brown highlighted link take you to the blog post I have made already on that particular species.
The tabs below cover Summer & Autumn, Winter and Spring. Simply click to select and view the list. The main mushroom season in the UK is autumn (from September to November).
I will add to the list over time and add links to news posts as and when I get the time to feature them. In the meantime, thanks for your patience…
| EDIBLE Bay Bolete (Aug-Nov) Bearded Fieldcap (Apr – Sep) Beef Steak Fungus (Jul-Oct) Blusher (Jun-Oct) – Edible after cooking Cep (Aug-Nov) Chanterelle (Jun-Nov) Charcoal Burner (Aug-Nov) Clouded Agaric (Sep-Nov) Common Puffball (Jul-Oct) Common Yellow Russula (Sep-Nov) Deceiver (Aug-Nov) Deer Shiled (April-Nov) Field Mushroom (Jul-Oct) Giant Polypore (Sep-Nov) Giant Puffball (July-Sep) Glistening Inkcap (March – Nov) Grisette (Jun-Nov) – Edible after cooking Hedgehog Fungus (Aug-Nov) Hen of the Woods (Jul-Oct) Honey Fungus (Aug-Nov) Horse Mushroom (Aug-Oct) Jelly Ear (All year) Macro Mushroom (Jun-Nov) Meadow Puffball (Jul-Oct) Parasol (July-Oct) Poplar Fieldcap (Summer/All Year) Prince (Aug-Oct) Shaggy Inkcap (July-Nov) Shaggy Parasol (July-Oct) Saffron Milkcap (Aug-Oct) Slippery Jack (Sep-Oct) Trumpet Chanterelle (Sep-Nov) INEDIBLE/POISONOUS Birch Milkcap (Sep-Nov) |