Contact

One address, read by one person.

Email: [email protected]

What to send here

Corrections. An entry address, the sentence you think is wrong, and what it should say. If you have a source — a paper, a regional food authority’s guidance, a mycological or botanical society bulletin — include it. Corrections with a source get looked at first and are usually reflected in the entry within a fortnight.

Method questions. If a parameter in a method page does not behave the way the page says it should in your kitchen, say what you did and what happened. Those reports are how the parameter tables get tightened.

Permissions. Quoting a paragraph or two of an entry with a link back is fine and needs no email. Republishing an entry in full, translating one, or using the figures in a printed guide does — write first.

What not to send here

Identification requests. Photographs of a plant you found and a request to confirm it is edible will not be answered, because a photograph is not enough to identify a plant safely and an email is not a good place to try. Take the specimen to a local botanical garden, a county extension office or a foraging group that meets in person.

Medical questions. If you or someone else has already eaten something and is unwell, contact emergency services or a poison control centre immediately. Do not wait for an email reply from this site.

Response time

Usually a few days. This is a small operation run alongside other work, and there is no support queue — messages are read in the order they arrive.

The postal and registered address for formal notices is available on request from the same address.