If you need to contact me my email address is john@mushroomhunting.co.uk

I am happy to try to identify fungi from photographs (and enjoy seeing photographs that are sent to me) but I cannot promise to always respond. Also I cannot promise that my answer will be accurate (identification from photos is tricky) so you must not depend on my response in deciding whether or not to eat it!

If you take pictures to send do make sure that the top and the bottom are visible.

Photographs. Nearly all the photographs on this site are mine. Anyone is very welcome to use them with the following restrictions:

1. They are used for strictly non-commercial purposes.

2. If used on a website they are accompanied by a link to this site’s home page.

3. If published they are credited with “Copyright John Wright 2007”

They are all highly reduced in quality for bandwidth reasons - if you would like a higher definition version please let me know.

Mini biography:

My passion for mushrooms and toadstools began at the age of 14 when I came across what turned out to be a Common Inkcap while I was on holiday in the New Forest. Fungi took a back seat for some years but in 1980 I moved to fungi rich West Dorset and my early interest was reawakened. The remote farm on which I found myself was the perfect place to study the fungi. In 1981 I joined the British Mycological Society and attended many of their forays and meetings. In 1994 I decided to share my accumulated knowledge by teaching the Fungi at adult education classes in Dorchester. I now run fungus forays for several organizations in and around Dorset.

In 2001 I became involved in the River Cottage programs, first of all taking Hugh on a (successful!) Truffle hunt. My involvement in River Cottage has continued and I now run a couple of day courses there and appear at festivals with the River Cottage team. In 2006 Hugh asked me if I would write the R C Mushroom Handbook and it was published in September 2007.

In addition to my foraging exploits I run my own business as a cabinet maker.

Thanks for visiting the site!

John

Warning: Eating wild fungi can be a wonderful way of enjoying the fruits of nature, but if you get it wrong you may kill yourself. Before you eat anything please read this.