Fungi Walks and Meetings
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 receiving the regular reminder circulars - sent out the day before booking for each event opens - or have maybe changed their email address, please let us know via 'General enquiries' on the Contact us page.
Print Programme (Only valid at time of printing. Always check website for latest information)
Please respect this requirement and do not turn up at an event unless your booking has been acknowledged. If you don't hear back from us within 24 hours after booking, please let us know via 'General enquiries' on the Contact us page.
| 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 |
| Wednesday May 20th |
Stoke Common (SSSI - City of London Corporation). Click here for Report and List |
| Friday June 26th | BFG AGM at College Lake Nature Reserve |
| Saturday, September 12th |
Microscope Workshop at Amersham Field Studies Centre, Mop End
Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday, September 23rd
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Bernwood Forest - Oakley Wood (SSSI - Forestry England). Click here for Report and List |
| Saturday, September 26th | Hodgemoor Woods (SSSI - Forestry England). Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday, September 30th | Pullingshill Wood (SSSI - Woodland Trust). Click here for Report and List |
| Sunday, October 4th |
Penn Wood (SSSI - Woodland Trust) - Our Retiring President's Farewell Walk. Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday, October 7th |
Burnham Beeches (SSSI - City of London Corporation). Click here for Report and List |
| Sunday, October 11th | Aspley Woods nr Milton Keynes (Greensand Trust). Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday, October 14th | Dancersend nr Aston Clinton (SSSI - BBOWT). Click here for Report and List |
| Saturday, October 17th | Common Wood Click here for Report and List |
| Wednesday, October 21st | Northmoor Hill Wood Nature Reserve Denham (Bucks Countryside Services, Bucks County Council). Click here for Report and List |
| Sunday, October 25th |
Rushmere Country Park (Greensands Trust). |
| Wednesday, October 28th |
Naphill Common (SSSI - West Wycombe Estate). Click here for Report and List |
| Saturday, October 31st |
Stampwell Farm near Beaconsfield (privately owned). Click here for Report and List |
| Tuesday, November 3rd |
Homefield Wood nr Hambledon (SSSI - BBOWT / Forestry England). Click here for Report and List |
| Sunday, November 8th NB Start time 10am NOW FULLY BOOKED Click here to cancel |
Pitstone Common (SSSI - National Trust). This is our second visit to an area of the northern part of the classic Ashridge Estate which lies within Buckinghamshire VC24, the southern part being in Hertfordshire. Ashridge has been well studied and recorded over many years and comprises ancient semi-natural woodland with areas dominated by mature Oak, Beech, Sweet Chestnut and Birch, also some conifer plantation with a few ponds and areas of grassland. Turn off the B4509 Northchurch - Ringshall road into Monument Avenue, meeting at SP974 129 in the concreted car park located ⅔rds of the way along on your left and adjacent to a large Cedar tree (at W3W: studs.afflict.overhear). From there we'll walk over the road a short distance to access the VC24 area of the estate. Leaders: Penny Cullington with Jesper Launder and/or Claudi Soler. |
| Wednesday, November 11th NB Start time 10.30am Booking essential Max 10 places Booking opens Tue Nov 3rd 7pm and closes Tue Nov 10th midday. Click here to book Click here to cancel |
Green Acres Chiltern Park Potkiln Lane, Beaconsfield (Woodland Trust) . A new venue for BFG, we visit this 72 acre woodland park, managed as a natural burial ground. There is a good mix of trees though predominantly conifer, providing us with the possibility of a different suite of fungi from our regular Chiltern deciduous woodlands. Meet in the ample car park accessed down a long drive. Turning north off the A40 into Potkiln Lane, the clearly marked site entrance, at SU967 902 (W3W: change.metals.neat) is on your left soon after passing Lords' Builders Merchants on your right. Leaders: Penny Cullington with Jesper Launder and/or Claudi Soler. |
| Saturday, November 14th NB Start time 10am NOW FULLY BOOKED Click here to cancel |
Stoke Common (SSSI - City of London Corporation). This is a notably interesting site for fungi having acid sandy soil - unusual in Buckinghamshire. 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 ongoing funded project for CoLC together with the sister site Burnham Beeches. Travelling south on the B416 from Gerrards Cross turn off east at the traffic lights near the Fox and Pheasant pub into Stoke Common Road, then park as best you can near the main gate into the Common which is on your right on a slight bend at SU986 857 (W3W: fears.fend.puff). (There's also parking in the small layby soon after the traffic lights on your right by a pedestrian gate.) We'll meet just inside the main gate. Please take care as there can be fast moving traffic. Leaders: Penny Cullington with Jesper Launder and/or Claudi Soler. |
| Wednesday, November 18th NB Start time 10.30am Booking essential Max 10 places Booking opens Tue Nov 10th 7pm and closes Tue Nov 17th midday. Click here to book Click here to cancel |
Rushbeds Wood (SSSI - BBOWT). An ancient broadleaved woodland - part of the original Bernwood Forest - on heavy clay soil, bordered by unimproved meadows and old hedgerows. The site has produced many unusual fungi during our visits over the last 25 years, including 3 new to the UK and recently one new to science, and has a good diversity of deciduous trees though no Beech. Sadly Ash Dieback has much affected the area in recent years resulting in much clearing and access restricted in certain parts. The main parking area is at SP673 154 (W3W: daunting.levels.yacht) at the triangular verge on the T-junction where the Ludgershall road meets the Wotton Underwood to Brill road. (NB: Avoid blocking the railway access and be prepared to double-park if necessary.) Our gathering point is at the inner entrance to the wood (W3W donation.envy.unscathed) which is located by walking 50 yds along from the T junction on the Ludgershall road, then turning left along the short narrow driveway over the railway where there's another small parking area with space for about 4 cars. 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 |
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Thursday,
November 5th NB Start time 10am Booking essential Max 10 places Booking opens Wed Oct 28th 7pm and closes Wed Nov 4th midday. Click here to book Click here to cancel |
Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens (S. Bucks District Council) for Friends of the Gardens. This attractive and unusual garden site has mature trees and several areas of lawn which at this time often produce amongst other things a good range of waxcaps including the beautiful Ballerina Waxcap. We may also visit the adjacent St. Giles Churchyard which has produced some interesting and rare grassland species in the past. Meet at SU977 825 at the Gardens' office buildings just inside the main gate which is on the west side of Church Lane off the B416 (at W3W: along.bounty.assume). Some parking is available in the driveway just beyond the office buildings, otherwise there is a large car park opposite the entrance. Penny has been leading walks here for the last 20 years and BFG members are welcome to join her though numbers are limited to 10. Leader: Penny Cullington. |
BMS = British Mycological Society (www.britmycolsoc.org.uk).
HBFG = Herts & Beds Fungi Group (contact Stephen Kelly stephen.kelly@talktalk.net ).
FSO = Fungus Survey of Oxfordshire (contact Secretary inkcap@fungusoxfordshire.org.uk ).