07/11/2025
Fantastic Fungi at ππ
The gardens have all manner of mushrooms emerging at the moment! I lead a group of 15 around Sculptures and even with the impeccable maintenance of their amazing gardening team, there's alot of stunning wild spaces dotted inbetween the beautifully made up beds which were thriving.
We spotted Brittlegills and Milk caps, Birds nest fungi and Dogs Stink Horns, lots of Inkcaps and some very early Velvet Shanks! There were still some Fly Agarics amongst the Silver Birch and thanks to all the log piles around the gardens there were more Turkey Tails and Hairy Curtain Crust than you can shake a stick at.
We spotted 42 species within the 2 hours, I'm sure if we'd kept going we'd have spotted alot more. We finished off the morning with a hot drink βοΈ and a Q&A around the ID table.
The 2nd event is already sold out, but fear not, we'll be holding more next year! Keep a look out for spring mushroom growing workshops followed by some yummy ππ too π