ForestHarvest: non-timber forest products in Scotland

TRADING

McPhersons Atlantic

McPherson Atlantic supply wild mushrooms including chanterelle, pied de mouton, saffron milkcap and chicken of the woods. They also sell Rhododendron foliage, wood sorrel for salads, wild garlic, sweet cicely, blaeberries, cloudberries and rowanberries. The company buys from local pickers.

Products

Foodstuffs and foliage

Species traded

Blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)

Chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius)

Chicken-of-the-woods mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus)

Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)

Pied de mouton mushroom

Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

Saffron milk-cap (Lactarius deliciosus)

Wild garlic (Allium ursinum)

Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)

(Contact McPhersons Atlantic direct for full up-to-date species list)

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