A Fungi Few Days

Here at the BWWC we were fortunate to have a fungi expert in our midsts recently. Sam Ranscombe joined us to give a talk on the Fungi of Speyside, followed by a Fungi Foray the next morning in our local Anagach Woods. We were certainly not short of fungi to look at. The woods are full of colourful and oddly shaped mushrooms at the moment - some with the telltale nibble marks of hungry Red Squirrels!

Our guests enjoyed learning about the many varieties of fungi to be found here in the Highlands. I certainly learnt a lot - I knew that there were many species of fungi but I hadn't realised just quite how many we had on our doorstep! I'm determined to learn more about the common ones we find here but I certainly won't be eating anything other than Chanterelles...there are too many dangerous lookalikes for my liking!