10. Less Familiar Plants and Look-Alikes

Rare or seasonal edibles, fungi, and wild herbs, including how to identify and locate them safely.

A varied selection of less common plants

Getting to Know These Plants

A second set of plants, each worth its own slow introduction.

A milkcap mushroom showing milky latex

Less Common Edible Fungi

Milkcaps and other less familiar mushrooms.

Dried herbs ready for tea

Wild Herbs for Tea and Topical Use

Some plants are best steeped or applied, not eaten.

Two similar plants side by side

Look-Alikes and Extra Caution for Less Familiar Plants

Kennenlernen — getting to know slowly, without hunger or fear.

Two similar plants compared calmly

Practising Attention: Spot the Difference

A gentler way to practise close attention.