Fungi Walks and Meetings
Our Autumn 2026 programme will be made available below in late July / August after our AGM planned for late June. Please note that our booking scheme will be continuing and will apply to all our Walks. Instructions are fully explained below.
Unless otherwise stated, ALL WEEKEND WALKS START AT 10.00 am and finish between 12.30 am and 1.00 pm.
Unless otherwise stated, ALL WEEKDAY WALKS START AT 10.30 am and finish between 1.00 and 1.30 pm.
OUR WALKS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY, but if you'd like to come on a particular walk but are not yet a member, joining is very cheap and very easy: just click here. All are most welcome - especially families - and no previous experience is needed.
Cancellations / Weather conditions - Our walks go ahead 'whatever the weather' unless conditions are considered either dangerous (very windy, frosty or snowy) or too dry causing a lack of fungal activity. Very occasionally a site owner may cancel a visit due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event of a last minute cancellation, those members who've booked on a walk will be informed by email and / or phone. If in doubt over possibly dangerous conditions, it would be wise to check for messages or contact the leader before setting out from home.
Disclaimer - The Grid Reference given for each event is as accurate as we can make it and may not be at the exact location of the meeting place but should get you within a few hundred yards. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the Grid Reference and link to OpenStreetMap is correct BFG excepts no liability should you get lost. We now include the What3Words reference for the turn off spot from the road as an extra guide to each location. Clicking on the W3W link will open the app. Clicking on 'Navigate' will allow you to select your preferred navigation software (e.g. Google Maps).
Please note that by making a booking for one of our walks you are agreeing to follow our 'Walks Guidelines'. Click here to view
NB: If any members find they are not regularly receiving Penny's information circulars before an event (these are sent out the day before booking opens for each event) or have maybe changed their email address, please get in touch with her.
Print Programme (Only valid at time of printing. Always check website for latest information)
| Date 2026 | Event |
| Sunday April 19th |
Burnham Beeches (SSSI - City of London Corporation). Click here for Report and List |
| Saturday May 2nd |
Hodgemoor Woods (SSSI - Forestry England). Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday May 6th |
Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday May 20th Booking essential Booking opens Tue May 12th 7pm and closes Tue May 19th midday. Max 10 places Click here to book Click here to cancel |
Stoke Common (SSSI - City of London Corporation). This is a notably interesting site for fungi having acid sandy soil - unusual for the county. There are large areas of heathland surrounded by a (now somewhat reduced) perimeter of mixed woodland. The fungi list is long and varied with some species rare elsewhere in the county and several new to the UK in recent years. Today's walk forms part of our now extended project for CoLC together with Burnham Beeches. Travelling south on the B416 from Gerrards Cross turn off east at the traffic lights near the Fox and Pheasant into Stoke Common Road, then look for the main gate into the Common on your right on a slight bend at SU986 857 (W3W: fears.fend.puff). Park judiciously in the road, taking care when crossing, and we'll meet just inside the main gate. (There's a layby a little earlier on the right by a pedestrian gate where we've met previously). Leaders: Penny Cullington with Jesper Launder and /or Claudi Soler. |
OTHER LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST to which members are welcome though booking will still apply.:
| Date 2026 | Event |
BMS = British Mycological Society (www.britmycolsoc.org.uk).
HBFG = Herts & Beds Fungi Group (contact Stephen Kelly stephen.kelly@talktalk.net ).