Mark Williams

Silent hunter of fungi, plants, seaweed etc. Foraging tutor/mentor & #wildfood / #wildbooze consultant.Tweets on sustainable wild eating & assorted codswallop

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Lots of my 2024 events are live and bookable on my website now.
Gift vouchers are available from £30…give the gift of free, delicious, healthy food…forever!
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Here is what people have been saying:
“You’ve really changed my life with the except… https://t.co/U5Cl84i66N

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Dug my accumulated elderberries out of the freezer for some pinky-purple swirling playtime. 🩷😵‍💫🟣
This brings 2 nice side effects…
💜Gallons of sweet elderberry vinegar, a multi-dimensional winter immune-boosting elixir, summer quencher, rich salad … https://t.co/wq0oh2lQ2W

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Dug my accumulated elderberries out of the freezer for some pinky-purple swirling playtime. 🩷😵‍💫🟣
This brings 2 nice side effects…
💜Gallons of sweet elderberry vinegar, a multi-dimensional winter immune-boosting elixir, summer quencher, rich salad … https://t.co/dC4qAqytDy

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

DRUNKEN BOTANY SAFARI
Back by popular demand!
A guided meander through the green corridors of Glasgow’s West End exploring the drinks uses of wild plants, inspiration for foraged cocktails, boozy elixirs and all things wild and tipsy.
Booking open now, g… https://t.co/iaRxnw77Gb

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Cockles!
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Perhaps not the most glamorous of shellfish, but I love them.
We are lucky to have vast cockle beds around Wigtown Bay and the Solway Firth. Many of these have been closed to commercial cockle pickers for some years, but there is no pro… https://t.co/mHvwr14mwv

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Lots of my 2025 events are live and bookable on my website now.
Gift vouchers are available from £30…give the gift of free, delicious, healthy food…forever!
🍄🌿🌱
From Perthsire to Cumbria via lots of Scotland’s glorious West Coast, there is somethin… https://t.co/hlsRiUZAaF

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

My first raft of 2025 foraging events are up and selling on my website now. From Perthsire to Cumbria via lots of Scotland’s glorious West Coast, there is something for all foraging interests…
🌱Early spring shoots & birch sap
🪸Low tide seaweed & shell… https://t.co/1kLNwg9UWK

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

My first raft of 2025 foraging events are up and selling on my website now. From Perthsire to Cumbria via lots of Scotland’s glorious West Coast, there is something for all foraging interests…
🌱Early spring shoots & birch sap
🪸Low tide seaweed & shell… https://t.co/Jdm3YKnR3m

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

The fecundity of nature can be startling.
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I’m in Northern Ireland doing a botanical survey for a gin project and delighted to meet a thriving colony of sea buckthorn. Its hard to imagine them cramming any more berries onto their twig… https://t.co/RuNo0uVi7n

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

At this time of year I enjoy rounding up the last of the autumn mushroom harvest from “old friend” spots that i’ve been tending throughout the season. After carefully thinning abundance for the last few months, I now pick what’s left, their spores spent … https://t.co/KCODRWLfue

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Wood blewits usually like a hint of frost before they really get going, but they’ve given up waiting this year…
Their name is s little misleading as, although they are happy rotters of leaves or needles in wood edges & hedgerows, they also regularly tur… https://t.co/CDMzQhIA6q

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

She’s only gone and done it again…
I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again…My friend Liz @foragefinefoods has the finest palate for wild flavours i’ve ever encountered. She notices tastes and aromas that most of us miss, or can’t find words for, and … https://t.co/X7ARfNkXjb

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Beefsteak mushroom carpaccio.
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Ignore all those tired old mushroom books that tell you to boil beefsteak mushrooms in milk. 🤮
Slice them thin and marinate in lemon juice, sweet elderberry vinegar, wild spices & oil. Arrange on plate and garnish… https://t.co/WRsJhQgnJ9

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

We had a glorious day sandwiched between two storms for my final public foraging walk of the year on Saturday. Splendid displays of fly agaric, a baby hen of the woods, an incredible diversity of fungal characters, and a wild picnic on the beach rounded … https://t.co/hFtyQB7iom

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Fungi, wild cookery and bushcraft camp.
Thanks to all the wildcats who joined us!
Who’s coming next year?
#fungi
#wildmushrooms
#mycophagy
#mycology https://t.co/nmWyrX16CT

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Fungi, wild cookery and bushcraft camp.
Thanks to all the wildcats who joined us!
Who’s coming next year?
#fungi
#wildmushrooms
#mycophagy
#mycology https://t.co/ouvbxC7Mpa

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Still digesting a fabulous few days of fungi immersion, identification forays/workshops and mushroom gastronomy in Perthshire with @wilderness.folkschool .
Just shy of 100 species from multiple habitats including oak, pine, beech, spruce and birch woods … https://t.co/cdpDWylRYK

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

How to pickle wild mushrooms.
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New deep-dive blog on my website with everything you need to know about pickling wild mushrooms (or tame ones for that matter!)
🍄‍🟫Which mushrooms are best for pickling?
🍄‍🟫Preparing wild mushrooms … https://t.co/qb8UOVVLXQ

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Fungi & bushcraft camp with @wilderness.folkschool is GO!
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#foraging
#wildmushrooms
#fungi
#firecooking
#wildfood
#perthshire https://t.co/LuZaVeqsai

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

Fungi & bushcraft camp with @wilderness.folkschool is GO!
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#foraging
#wildmushrooms
#fungi
#firecooking
#wildfood
#perthshire https://t.co/gS3XO0UZsN

[Mark Williams @markwildfood]

‘Gather ye hogseeds while ye may,
Their season is a-fleeting,
If November winds have their say,
There’ll be none for eating!”
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Time out of mushroom foraging to gather my year’s supply of hogweed seeds, a delightful spice in sweet, savoury and boozy set… https://t.co/0xa2CtAnFk