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Welcome to this web site which supports my various mushroom forays and other fungal activities.
I run many forays each year in and around Dorset. In general each foray consists of a walk over what we hope will be fungi rich ground with each species named and described as we go (or, often, just collected for identification back at base). All the collected fungi are laid out on a table with their names attached and I talk through each one. Species are discussed and collected without regard to their edibility - if we find something nice to eat that’s great, if not - well maybe next time.
Full details of how you can join me on one of these forays are available on the Forays page. In addition to those held at River Cottage HQ, Kingcombe, Holton Lee and elsewhere, I also hope to run one or two private forays that will be limited to just a handful of people; take a look at John’s Forays for details. If you come on one of my forays do check here for any photographs of the day and (sometimes) lists of the fungi found.
The fungi on this page are, from top left to right, Chroogomphus rutilus, Boletus calopus, Aleuria aurantiaca and Lepista saeva.
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