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(Continued)...translucent muddy water at one end and an opaque pale green at the other. This effect can be caused by plant matter or algae near the surface of the puddle being blown to one end by a prevailing wind.

(Continued)...path, the incline and growth on the southern side of the track will cast a shadow on the southern part of the track itself. Moisture is retained, puddles last longer.

(Continued)...may be a wind direction reversal to a land breeze as the day ends and the night cool draws in. "I can smell the sea" becomes "I suspect that I know what the wind and water are doing!"

Plants & fungi fascinate me, especially those useful or dangerous to us—that‘s why I picked up this book. It‘s encyclopedic and could bore you if you have no interest in the topic. It helped that I‘m a decent forager myself—mushrooms are my forte, herbs less so, and I‘m passingly familiar with edible plants in my area. The climate of GB is similar enough that some species overlap, yet different enough to still introduce me to some fun wildlife.

This is from an American point of view, so some of the things in here weren't relevant to me.

There wasn't much to be learned here either for me as I've read most of the things in other books.

When I bought this book, I knew nothing about it, I bought it because of the title.

After buying it though, I quickly found out that it was first printed in 1905, so it's severely outdated and only some of it was transferable.

This is the kind of practical advice I am here for.