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Foraging in Melbourne: what's in season in November

208 of the 340 wild species in this guide are in season around Melbourne right now, 45 at their peak, from Australian Violet to Bat's-wing Fern. Updated automatically every month.

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Melbourne · November

A localized calendar for the Melbourne area, from real occurrence records.

45 at peak 208 in season 7 starting soon
Australian Violet
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Australian VioletViola betonicifolia
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: ivy-leaved cyclamen, Australian native violet, Banks' violet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bat's-wing Fern
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Bat's-wing FernHistiopteris incisa
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Buckthorn
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BuckthornRhamnus alaternus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Wild privet, Alder buckthorn, Common buckthorn. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Candlestick Fungus
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Candlestick FungusXylaria hypoxylon
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Dead man's fingers, Dead moll's fingers, Crested coral fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cat's-ear
🌿
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Common dandelion, Rough hawkbit, Smooth hawksbeard. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Chocolate Lily
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Chocolate LilyArthropodium strictum
At peak
Grassland, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 Cleavers
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CleaversGalium aparine
At peak
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: sweet woodruff, hedge bedstraw, lady's bedstraw. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Coast Banksia
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Coast BanksiaBanksia integrifolia
At peak
Woodland edges, Heath & moor
⚠ Similar species: Silver Banksia, Saw Banksia, Swamp Banksia. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Reed
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Common ReedPhragmites australis
At peak
Wetland, Waterside
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Giant reed, Johnson grass, Smooth cordgrass. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Enoki Mushroom
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Enoki MushroomFlammulina velutipes
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Enoki Mushroom, Velvet Shank, Poplar Velvet Shank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Gorse
🌿
GorseUlex europaeus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Montpellier broom, Scotch broom, Dyer's greenweed. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Grey Knight
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Grey KnightTricholoma terreum
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Tricholoma triste, Leopard Knight, Blushing Knight. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hop Goodenia
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Hop GoodeniaGoodenia ovata
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Grassland
 Japanese Honeysuckle
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Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Fly honeysuckle, Tatarian honeysuckle, Amur honeysuckle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Lamb's Quarters
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Lamb's QuartersChenopodium album
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Wormseed goosefoot, Common orache, Maple-leaved goosefoot. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Laurustinus
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LaurustinusViburnum tinus
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Cherry laurel, Wild privet, Glossy privet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Manna Gum
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Manna GumEucalyptus viminalis
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Nasturtium
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NasturtiumTropaeolum majus
At peak
Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Monkshood, Ground ivy, Common mallow. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Native Currant
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Native CurrantCorrea reflexa
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Native Violet
🌿
Native VioletViola hederacea
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Banks' violet, Kidney weed, Lawn marsh pennywort. Only forage with a confident ID.
 New Zealand Spinach
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New Zealand SpinachTetragonia implexicoma
At peak
Grassland, Waterside, Disturbed ground
 Olive
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OliveOlea europaea
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: common privet, Italian buckthorn, green olive tree. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Orange Peel Fungus
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Orange Peel FungusAleuria aurantia
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Spring orange peel fungus, Hare's ear, Eyelash cup. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Oyster Mushroom
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Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Pale Oyster, Aspen Oyster Mushroom, Leaf-like Oyster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pepper Tree
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Pepper TreeSchinus areira
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground
 Prickly Lettuce
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Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
At peak
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: common sowthistle, prickly sowthistle, wild lettuce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Quince
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QuinceCydonia oblonga
At peak
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Common pear, Apple, Japanese quince. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Salsify
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SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Meadow salsify, Yellow salsify, Black salsify. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Selfheal
🌿
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
At peak
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Bugleweed, Ground ivy, Wild basil. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Silver Banksia
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Silver BanksiaBanksia marginata
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Slender Riceflower
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Slender RiceflowerPimelea linifolia
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Soft Tree Fern
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Soft Tree FernDicksonia antarctica
At peak
Woodland, Wetland
 Spiny Starwort
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Spiny StarwortStellaria pungens
At peak
Woodland edges, Grassland, Disturbed ground
 Spiny-headed Mat-rush
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Spiny-headed Mat-rushLomandra longifolia
At peak
Grassland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Strawberry Tree
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Strawberry TreeArbutus unedo
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Greek strawberry tree, Hybrid strawberry tree, Lychee. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Swamp Dock
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Swamp DockRumex brownii
At peak
Waterside, Wetland, Disturbed ground
 Sweet Pittosporum
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Sweet PittosporumPittosporum undulatum
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Tree of Heaven
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Tree of HeavenAilanthus altissima
At peak
Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Poison sumac, Staghorn sumac, Black walnut. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Turkey Tail
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Turkey TailTrametes versicolor
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False turkey tail, Hairy curtain crust, Violet-toothed polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Pear
🫐
Wild PearPyrus communis
At peak
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Similar species: Quince, Apple, Crab apple. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Rose (Rosehip)
🫐
Wild Rose (Rosehip)Rosa canina
At peak
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Rock cotoneaster, Common hawthorn, Sweet briar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wonga Vine
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Wonga VinePandorea pandorana
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Wood Blewit
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Wood BlewitLepista nuda
At peak
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Blewit, Field Blewit, Sordid Blewit. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wood Ear Orange
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Wood Ear OrangeNaematelia aurantia
At peak
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Yellow brain, Golden ear, Orange jelly spot. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Box
🌿
Yellow BoxEucalyptus melliodora
At peak
Woodland edges, Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
 Apple
🫐
AppleMalus domestica
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Quince, European pear, European crab apple. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Argentine Fleabane
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Argentine FleabaneErigeron bonariensis
In season
Artist's Conk
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Artist's ConkGanoderma australe
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Australian Teatree
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Australian TeatreeLeptospermum laevigatum
In season
⚠ Similar species: Prickly paperbark, Prickly tea-tree, Tick bush. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Barometer Earthstar
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Barometer EarthstarAstraeus hygrometricus
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common earthball, Scaly earthball, Collared earthstar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bear's Tooth Fungus
🍄
Bear's Tooth FungusHericium coralloides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Strict-branch Coral, Lion's Mane, Bear's Head Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bicoloured Deceiver
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Bicoloured DeceiverLaccaria bicolor
In season
Bigleaf Hydrangea
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Bigleaf HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
In season
Birch Woodwart
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Birch WoodwartDaldinia loculata
In season
Bitter Oyster
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Bitter OysterPanellus stipticus
In season
⚠ Similar species: Flat Crep, Late Fall Oyster, Split Gill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Medick
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Black MedickMedicago lupulina
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: bird's-foot trefoil, lesser trefoil, hop trefoil. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black She-oak
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Black She-oakAllocasuarina littoralis
In season
Woodland edges, Waterside
 Black Tooth
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Black ToothPhellodon niger
In season
⚠ Similar species: Woolly Tooth, Zoned Tooth, Ridged Tooth. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Black Wattle
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Black WattleAcacia mearnsii
In season
Black-footed Polypore
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Black-footed PolyporePicipes melanopus
In season
Blackedged Shield
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Blackedged ShieldPluteus atromarginatus
In season
Blue Flax-lily
🌿
Blue Flax-lilyDianella longifolia
In season
Borage
🌿
BorageBorago officinalis
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Comfrey, Hound's-tongue. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bristly Cloak Fern
🌿
Bristly Cloak FernCheilanthes sieberi
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 Bristly Oxtongue
🌿
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Viper's bugloss, Hawkweed oxtongue, Common sowthistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Bristly-fruited Mallow
🌿
Bristly-fruited MallowModiola caroliniana
In season
Broad-leaved Dock
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Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Wetland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Comfrey, Greater burdock. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Broom Tea-tree
🌿
Broom Tea-treeLeptospermum scoparium
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Kanuka, Coastal tea tree, Tea tree. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Burgan
🌿
BurganKunzea ericoides
In season
Butter Collybia
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Butter CollybiaRhodocollybia butyracea
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Spotted Toughshank, Russet Toughshank. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Buttonweed
🌿
ButtonweedCotula coronopifolia
In season
Cape Weed
🌿
Cape WeedArctotheca calendula
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
 Cardoon
🌿
CardoonCynara cardunculus
In season
⚠ Similar species: Scotch thistle, Milk thistle, Spear thistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Catchfly Sundew
🌿
Catchfly SundewDrosera glanduligera
In season
Wetland, Heath & moor
 Chanterelle Waxcap
🍄
Chanterelle WaxcapHygrocybe cantharellus
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Blackening waxcap, Scarlet waxcap, Vermilion waxcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Charcoal Scalycap
🍄
Charcoal ScalycapPholiota carbonaria
In season
Clustered Domecap
🍄
Clustered DomecapLyophyllum decastes
In season
Cockspur
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CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
In season
Common Eyelash
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Common EyelashScutellinia scutellata
In season
⚠ Similar species: Dung-loving Cheilymenia, Hairy Eyelash Cup, Common Eyelash. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Field-speedwell
🌿
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
In season
⚠ Similar species: Germander speedwell, Corn speedwell, Ivy-leaved speedwell. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Jellyspot
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Common JellyspotDacrymyces stillatus
In season
⚠ Similar species: Yellow brain, Golden ear, Orange jelly spot. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Mullein
🌿
Common MulleinVerbascum thapsus
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Comfrey, Dense-flowered mullein. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Plantain
🌿
Common PlantainPlantago major
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Lily of the valley, Fragrant plantain lily. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Stork's-bill
🌿
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
In season
Common Vervain
🌿
Common VervainVerbena officinalis
In season
Conifer Mazegill
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Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Brown rot conk, Thin-walled maze polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 corn
🌿
cornZea mays
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Johnson grass, Sorghum, Eastern gamagrass. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
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Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
In season
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
🌿
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
In season
Daffodil
🌿
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
In season
Daisy
🌿
DaisyBellis perennis
In season
Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Southern daisy, Mexican fleabane, Oxeye daisy. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Daisy
🌿
DaisyHelichrysum luteoalbum
In season
Dandelion
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DandelionTaraxacum officinale
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: common ragwort, catsear, common sowthistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dead Man's Fingers
🍄
Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Dead man's fingers (long-stemmed), Candlesnuff fungus, King Alfred's cakes. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Devil's Fingers
🍄
Devil's FingersClathrus archeri
In season
⚠ Similar species: Latticed stinkhorn, Common stinkhorn, Dog stinkhorn. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
🌿
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
In season
⚠ Similar species: small-flowered cranesbill, round-leaved cranesbill, cut-leaved cranesbill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Elegant Blue Webcap
🍄
Elegant Blue WebcapCortinarius rotundisporus
In season
Fairy Inkcap
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Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
In season
Woodland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common inkcap, Mower's mushroom, Pale brittlestem. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Truffle
🍄
False TruffleElaphomyces granulatus
In season
False Turkey Tail
🍄
False Turkey TailStereum hirsutum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Purplepore Bracket, False Turkey Tail, Crowded Parchment. Only forage with a confident ID.
 False Turkeytail
🍄
False TurkeytailStereum ostrea
In season
⚠ Similar species: Turkey tail, Hairy curtain crust, Violet-toothed polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Field Clover
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Field CloverTrifolium campestre
In season
Field Madder
🌿
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
In season
⚠ Similar species: Cleavers, Lady's bedstraw, Hedge bedstraw. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Field Woundwort
🌿
Field WoundwortStachys arvensis
In season
Firerug Inkcap
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Firerug InkcapCoprinellus domesticus
In season
Flax-lily
🌿
Flax-lilyDianella tasmanica
In season
Franchet's Cotoneaster
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Franchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetii
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Wall cotoneaster, Late cotoneaster, European holly. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Giant Puffball
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Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Death cap (immature button stage), Destroying angel (egg stage), Common earthball. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Golden Navel
🍄
Golden NavelChrysomphalina chrysophylla
In season
Green Elfcup
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Green ElfcupChlorociboria aeruginascens
In season
⚠ Similar species: Green Elfcup, Flattened Disco. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Green Skinhead
🍄
Green SkinheadCortinarius austrovenetus
In season
Green Wattle
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Green WattleAcacia decurrens
In season
Grey Coral
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Grey CoralClavulina cinerea
In season
Guernsey Fleabane
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Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
In season
⚠ Similar species: Canadian horseweed, flax-leaved fleabane, eastern annual saltmarsh aster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Gumtree Deceiver
🍄
Gumtree DeceiverLaccaria fraterna
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: White fibrecap, Fool's funnel, Deceiver. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Hairy Bittercress
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Hairy BittercressCardamine hirsuta
In season
⚠ Similar species: Wavy bittercress, Cuckooflower, Shepherd's purse. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ivory Coral
🍄
Ivory CoralRamariopsis kunzei
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Salmon coral, Pale coral, Crown-tipped coral. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ivy-leaved Toadflax
🌿
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
In season
Jelly Babies
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Jelly BabiesDacrymyces spathularis
In season
Woodland
 Leaf-like Oyster
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Leaf-like OysterHohenbuehelia petaloides
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Angel's wings, Oyster mushroom, Pale oyster. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Least Mallow
🌿
Least MallowMalva parviflora
In season
Lemon Balm
🌿
Lemon BalmMelissa officinalis
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: Catnip, Spearmint, Ground ivy. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Mediterranean Cypress
🌿
Mediterranean CypressCupressus sempervirens
In season
Woodland, Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Northern white cedar, Chinese thuja, Savin juniper. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Mercury Bay-weed
🌿
Mercury Bay-weedDichondra repens
In season
Mexican Fleabane
🌿
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
In season
Mild Milkcap
🍄
Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Rufous Milkcap, Deceiving Milkcap, Birch Milkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Montbretia
🌿
MontbretiaCrocosmia crocosmiiflora
In season
Montpellier Broom
🌿
Montpellier BroomGenista monspessulana
In season
Mower's Mushroom
🍄
Mower's MushroomPanaeolus foenisecii
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Funeral bell, Magic mushroom, Banded mottlegill. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Narrow-leaved Ash
🌿
Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia
In season
Neat Feather-moss
🌿
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
In season
Nipplewort
🌿
NipplewortLapsana communis
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common groundsel, Common sowthistle, Prickly sowthistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Ochre Jelly Club
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Ochre Jelly ClubGuepinia helvelloides
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Jelly ear, Leafy brain, Yellow stagshorn. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Orange Mosscap
🍄
Orange MosscapRickenella fibula
In season
⚠ Similar species: Collared Navel, Flame Navel, Golden-gilled Navel. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Orange Wattle
🌿
Orange WattleAcacia saligna
In season
Orange Witches' Butter
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Orange Witches' ButterDacrymyces chrysospermus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Witch's butter, Golden ear, Common jelly spot. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pacific Golden Chanterelle
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Pacific Golden ChanterelleCantharellus formosus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly webcap, Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, Eastern jack-o'-lantern. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pale Brittlestem
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Pale BrittlestemCandolleomyces candolleanus
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly Galerina, Sulphur Tuft, Common Stump Brittlestem. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Pale Brittlestem
🍄
Pale BrittlestemPsathyrella candolleana
In season
Pavement Mushroom
🍄
Pavement MushroomAgaricus bitorquis
In season
Perennial Oxalis
🌿
Perennial OxalisOxalis perennans
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Heath & moor
 Plume Albizia
🌿
Plume AlbiziaParaserianthes lophantha
In season
Powder-backed Lichen
🍄
Powder-backed LichenFlavoparmelia caperata
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Speckled greenshield lichen, Rough speckled shield lichen, Black stone flower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Powdery-back Shield Lichen
🍄
Powdery-back Shield LichenPunctelia subrudecta
In season
Prostrate Knotweed
🌿
Prostrate KnotweedPolygonum aviculare
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Spotted spurge, Smooth rupturewort, Oval-leaf knotweed. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Purple Heart
🌿
Purple HeartTradescantia pallida
In season
Purple Jellydisc
🍄
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
In season
Purple Passion Fruit
🫐
Purple Passion FruitPassiflora edulis
In season
Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: snake climber, stinking passionflower, corky passionflower. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Purple-veined Caladenia
🌿
Purple-veined CaladeniaCaladenia latifolia
In season
Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
 purpletop vervain
🌿
purpletop vervainVerbena bonariensis
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: blue vervain, slender vervain, common vervain. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Red Hot Poker
🌿
Red Hot PokerKniphofia uvaria
In season
Red Pterostylis
🌿
Red PterostylisPterostylis sanguinea
In season
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
 Red Trametes
🍄
Red TrametesTrametes coccinea
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Red Valerian
🌿
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
In season
Ribwort Plantain
🌿
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Foxglove, Broadleaf plantain, Hoary plantain. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rice-paper Plant
🌿
Rice-paper PlantTetrapanax papyrifer
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Castor bean, Japanese aralia, Chinese parasol tree. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rosemary
🌿
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: bog rosemary, lavender, cotton lavender. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Rounded Earthstar
🍄
Rounded EarthstarGeastrum saccatum
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common earthball, Collared earthstar, Fringed earthstar. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Saffron Milk Cap
🍄
Saffron Milk CapLactarius deliciosus
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: False Saffron Milkcap, Bleeding Milk Cap, Salmon Milkcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Sally Wattle
🌿
Sally WattleAcacia floribunda
In season
Sandy Stilt Puffball
🍄
Sandy Stilt PuffballBattarrea phalloides
In season
Scarlet Caterpillarclub
🍄
Scarlet CaterpillarclubCordyceps militaris
In season
Scarlet Runner
🌿
Scarlet RunnerKennedia prostrata
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Heath & moor
 Screw-pod Wattle
🌿
Screw-pod WattleAcacia implexa
In season
Shepherd's Purse
🌿
Shepherd's PurseCapsella bursa-pastoris
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common groundsel, Field pennycress, Lesser swine cress. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Silvery-violet Webcap
🍄
Silvery-violet WebcapCortinarius alboviolaceus
In season
Sloe
🫐
SloePrunus spinosa
In season
Scrub & hedgerows, Woodland edges
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Alder buckthorn, Common buckthorn, Wild privet. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Small Melilot
🌿
Small MelilotMelilotus indicus
In season
Smoky Bracket
🍄
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
In season
⚠ Similar species: Purplepore bracket, Hairy curtain crust, Mossy maze polypore. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Smooth Hawksbeard
🌿
Smooth HawksbeardCrepis capillaris
In season
⚠ Similar species: cat's ear, common sowthistle, dandelion. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Smooth Sow-thistle
🌿
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Common groundsel, Prickly sow-thistle, Field sow-thistle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Soft Brome
🌿
Soft BromeBromus hordeaceus
In season
Soursob
🌿
SoursobOxalis corniculata
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Common yellow woodsorrel, Slender yellow woodsorrel, Black medick. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Southern Blue-gum
🌿
Southern Blue-gumEucalyptus globulus
In season
Spiny Cocklebur
🌿
Spiny CockleburXanthium spinosum
In season
spiny sowthistle
🌿
spiny sowthistleSonchus asper
In season
Disturbed ground, Grassland, Woodland edges
⚠ Similar species: common sow thistle, field sow thistle, prickly lettuce. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Split Gill
🍄
Split GillSchizophyllum commune
In season
Woodland, Woodland edges, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Crimped gill, Hairy curtain crust, Turkey tail. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Spotted Toughshank
🍄
Spotted ToughshankRhodocollybia maculata
In season
⚠ Toxic look-alikes: Clouded Agaric, Russet Toughshank, Butter Cap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Spring Fieldcap
🍄
Spring FieldcapAgrocybe praecox
In season
Square-stalked St John's-wort
🌿
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
In season
Starfish Fungus
🍄
Starfish FungusAseroe rubra
In season
Sticky Mouse-ear
🌿
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
In season
Stinging Nettle
🌿
Stinging NettleUrtica dioica
In season
Disturbed ground, Woodland edges, Wetland
⚠ Similar species: black horehound, white dead-nettle, red dead-nettle. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Stinking Pennywort
🌿
Stinking PennywortHydrocotyle laxiflora
In season
Waterside, Wetland, Woodland
 Suckling Clover
🌿
Suckling CloverTrifolium dubium
In season
Summer Snowflake
🌿
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
In season
Sweet Hedgehog
🍄
Sweet HedgehogHydnum repandum
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Terracotta Hedgehog, Chanterelle, Western Bellybutton Hedgehog. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Terracotta Hedgehog
🍄
Terracotta HedgehogHydnum rufescens
In season
Three-cornered Leek
🌿
Three-cornered LeekAllium triquetrum
In season
Woodland edges, Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Lily of the valley, Summer snowflake, Snowdrop. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Tomato
🌿
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly nightshade, Bittersweet nightshade, Black nightshade. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Toothed Medick
🌿
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
In season
Tree Bedstraw
🌿
Tree BedstrawCoprosma repens
In season
Variable Oysterling
🍄
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
In season
Vermilion Waxcap
🍄
Vermilion WaxcapHygrocybe miniata
In season
⚠ Similar species: Scarlet waxcap, Crimson waxcap, Goblet waxcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Violet Bramble Rust
🍄
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
In season
⚠ Similar species: rose rust, barberry rust, pear rust. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wall Speedwell
🌿
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
In season
Water-pepper
🌿
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
In season
Water-plantain
🌿
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
In season
Watercress
🌿
WatercressNasturtium officinale
In season
Waterside, Wetland
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Cowbane, Hemlock water dropwort, Lesser water parsnip. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Weeping Bolete
🍄
Weeping BoleteSuillus granulatus
In season
⚠ Similar species: Dotted-stalk slippery jack, Slippery jack, Bellini's slippery jack. Only forage with a confident ID.
 White Dapperling
🍄
White DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothites
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Death cap, Destroying angel, Fool's mushroom. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Whitish Leucocybe
🍄
Whitish LeucocybeLeucocybe candicans
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Fool's Funnel, Frosty Funnel, The Miller. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Carrot
🌿
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
In season
Grassland, Disturbed ground
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Poison hemlock, Fool's parsley, Spotted Water Hemlock. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Wild Clary
🌿
Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
In season
Wild Radish
🌿
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
In season
⚠ Similar species: Wild mustard, Field mustard, Black mustard. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Brain Fungus
🍄
Yellow Brain FungusTremella mesenterica
In season
Woodland
⚠ Similar species: Golden ear, Orange jelly spot, Golden white jelly fungus. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Fieldcap
🍄
Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
In season
⚠ Deadly look-alikes: Deadly Conocybe, Funeral Bell, Netted Fieldcap. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Yellow Wall Lichen
🍄
Yellow Wall LichenXanthoria parietina
In season
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Elegant sunburst lichen, Pincushion sunburst lichen, Shrubby sunburst lichen. Only forage with a confident ID.

Starting soon

Blackberry
🫐
BlackberryRubus fruticosus
From December
Woodland edges, Scrub & hedgerows, Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: Wineberry, Red raspberry, Dewberry. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Common Heath
🌿
Common HeathEpacris impressa
From December
Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
 Kangaroo Grass
🌿
Kangaroo GrassThemeda triandra
From December
Grassland, Heath & moor, Scrub & hedgerows
 Lilly-pilly
🌿
Lilly-pillySyzygium smithii
From December
Woodland, Woodland edges
 Peach
🌿
PeachPrunus persica
From December
Disturbed ground
⚠ Similar species: apricot, European plum, cherry plum. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Purple-pea Lily
🌿
Purple-pea LilyDianella revoluta
From December
Woodland, Woodland edges, Grassland
⚠ Similar species: Blue Flax-lily, Tasman Flax-lily, Pale Flax-lily. Only forage with a confident ID.
 Weeping Rice Grass
🌿
Weeping Rice GrassMicrolaena stipoides
From December
Grassland, Woodland, Heath & moor

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Later in the year

🌿 African Boxthorn 🍄 Australian Bolete 🍄 Beech Fungus 🍄 Beefsteak Fungus 🌿 Bermuda Buttercup 🍄 Black Ear Fungus 🫐 Black Elderberry 🫐 Black Mulberry 🍄 Black Trumpet 🌿 Blackthorn 🌿 Blackwood Acacia 🌿 Bladder Campion 🍄 Bleeding Bonnet 🌿 Blue Passion Flower 🍄 Boot Fungi 🌿 Boxelder 🌿 Broom 🌿 Buck's-horn Plantain 🫐 Cherry Plum 🍄 Chicken of the Woods 🌿 Chickweed 🌿 Chicory 🍄 Collared Earthstar 🌿 Common Vetch 🌿 Cootamundra Wattle 🍄 Coral Fungus 🌿 Creeping Thistle 🌿 Curled Dock 🍄 Curved Grill Fungus 🍄 Deceiver 🍄 Dryad's Saddle 🫐 Elmleaf Blackberry 🌿 English Oak 🍄 Eucalypt Milkcap 🫐 European Plum 🫐 Evergreen Blackberry 🍄 Fairy Ring Mushroom 🌿 Fennel 🍄 Field Mushroom 🫐 Fig 🍄 Funnel Chanterelle 🌿 Glaucous Cotoneaster 🌿 Golden Wattle 🫐 Grape vine 🌿 Great Willowherb 🌿 greater bird's-foot-trefoil 🌿 Grey Willow 🌿 Hairpin Banksia 🌿 Hairy Pomaderris 🌿 Hawthorn 🌿 Hedge Woundwort 🌿 Herb Robert 🌿 Himalayan Honeysuckle 🌿 Honeylocust 🌿 Horehound 🫐 Hottentot-fig 🌿 Indische Scheinerdbeere 🍄 Jelly Spike 🍄 Jellybaby Fungus 🍄 King Bolete Relative 🌿 Loquat 🌿 Mare's Tail 🍄 Meadow Mushroom 🍄 Meadow Puffball 🍄 mica cap 🌿 Milk Thistle 🌿 montbretia 🍄 Orange Jelly Spotting Fungus 🫐 Oregon Grape 🌿 Ox-eye Daisy 🍄 Parasol Mushroom 🌿 Perennial Ryegrass 🌿 Peruvian Peppertree 🍄 Pleated Parasol 🍄 Porcini 🌿 Pot Marigold 🫐 Prickly Pear 🍄 Prince Bolete 🍄 Puffball 🍄 Puffball 🌿 Purple Loosestrife 🌿 Purple Pea 🌿 Purple Viper's-bugloss 🌿 Purslane 🌿 Red Clover 🌿 Red Dead-nettle 🫐 Red Raspberry 🌿 Redroot Pigweed 🌿 Refracted Lemongrass 🌿 Rotgelbe Taglilie 🍄 Scaber Stalk 🌿 Schmalblättriger Doppelsame 🍄 Sculptured Puffball 🌿 Sea Rocket 🍄 Shaggy Ink Cap 🌿 Silver Wattle 🌿 Silverleaf Cotoneaster 🍄 Slippery Jack 🌿 Small Nettle 🌿 Soft Rush 🌿 Spear Thistle 🌿 Spearmint 🌿 Spreading Hedgeparsley 🌿 Squash 🍄 Stubble Rosegill 🌿 Sunflower 🌿 Sweet Briar 🌿 Sweet Violet 🌿 Sweet Wattle 🌿 Sycamore Maple 🌿 Sydney Golden Wattle 🌿 Tiger Lily 🌿 Trailing St John's Wort 🌿 Tutsan 🌿 Viper's Bugloss 🌿 Water Mint 🌿 White Clover 🌿 White Sweetclover 🍄 White Wood Ear 🌿 Wild Basil 🌿 Wild Teasel 🫐 Woodland Strawberry 🌿 Woodland Violet 🌿 Yarrow 🌿 Yellow Archangel

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One note before you head out

Forage helps you discover and identify wild plants, but identification is never 100% certain. Many edible plants have toxic lookalikes. Never eat anything you find based only on what this app tells you. Always confirm with a field guide, an experienced forager or a local expert. The season score tells you where to look, too: it’s not a guarantee. Mind conservation law and property rights as well.

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