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Events and attractions
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Indulge in mycogastronomy
Restaurants in SW London
1 - 31 October 2025
Delight in mycogastronomy during the month of October, and try the myriad of mushroom dishes at our participating restaurants. Mushrooms are versatile, delicious and are a great source of protein, minerals and antioxidants (mushroom dependent). See the list of restaurants here.
EAST ENGLAND
Wheatfen Fungi Foray
Rutland Water, Leicestershire
18 October 2025
A guided fungi foray will take place 10:30 - 13:00 to see and identify some of the fungus species at the reserve. The foray will be led by the Norfolk Fungus Study Group to search for and identify the many fungus species that can be found at Wheatfen. In the afternoon, the Norfolk Fungus Study Group will display guides, books, information about their DNA work, photos, and you'll be able to look at spores through microscopes.
Tickets are £5 and includes a complimentary tea or coffee. Under 16’s free, booking essential for all participants. Book here.
EAST MIDLANDS
Wild Walk - Fungi Foray
Launde Woods, Leicestershire
18 October 2025
Phwoarh. Look at those gills… look at those scales! Check out that bulb!
Get up close and personal to some fabulous fungi on an autumnal amble through one of Launde’s most beautiful woodlands. Our reserve officers will lead the search for Bonnets and Milkcaps, Tufts and Brittlegills, and many, many mushrooms more!
Takes place 10:00 - 12:30. Tickets are £12 per person. Book here.
EAST MIDLANDS
Wild Walk - Wandering for Waxcaps
Merry's Meadows, Leicestershire
19 October 2025
A wander. An amble. A jaunt. If any of these sound pleasant to you, on a crisp and even October evening through merry Merrys Meadows, then hark! You are cordially invited to wonder at waxcaps, of all rainbow varieties, in one of Leicestershire’s finest grasslands! This is a site of national significance for waxcaps with 17 species recorded here! Can you help us record a full 19 species to make Merry's meadow an internationally significant site for waxcaps?
Takes place 10:00 - 12:00. Tickets are £12 per person. Book here.
EAST MIDLANDS
Journey to the Third Kingdom
Rutland Local Group, Leicestershire
20 October 2025
Kate Fortune-Jones is an accomplished artist, illustrator and naturalist. Currently she is the Fungi recorder of the Rutland Natural History Society and Kate will describe some her field work, identification of fungi and her inspirations and processes of her art work
Takes place 19:30 - 21:00. Tickets are £2 per person, no need to book, pay on the evening. More information.
SOUTH ENGLAND
The Secrets of Truffle Hunting
Lewes, East Sussex
25 October 2025
Join Melissa Waddingham, the truffle hunter, who will take you on an adventure to learn all about the secret lives of truffles, their ecology, their tell tail signs and their habitat. Costs £100 per person, including lunch. Takes place 10:00 - 15:00. Book here.
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Woolley Firs, Maidenhead
25 October 2025
Aimed at adults , this workshop will involve a walk and talk by a renowned mycologist, Clifford Davy. You will discover what fungi are about in our Maidenhead reserve. Tickets are £25 and can be booked here.
NATIONAL
Plantlife's Waxcap Watch survey
England, Scotland & Wales
September to late November
Help Plantlife find Waxcaps, Britain’s most colourful fungi. You don’t need to be a mycologist or to have any fungi ID skills to do a waxcap survey - all you need is a smart phone or access to a computer! Find out more.
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