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We are an independent voluntary group of enthusiasts for mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi. Join us for informal, family-friendly walks in Buckinghamshire woodland and countryside to find, discover about and record fungi. We are not a group of foragers, however, and focus on learning how to identify fungi and recognise the commoner species in the field. Both edible and poisonous species are covered but collecting to eat is not one of our main aims.

Recognizing and recording the fungi, as part of a network of recording groups, helps us support the conservation of these vital organisms and is great fun! Newcomers are encouraged to learn to identify fungi with help from more experienced members. Please explore our web site to learn more.

If you would like to join us, please go to our membership section and return the application form with your subscription.

NEW FOR AUTUMN 2024: FOUNDATIONS IN FIELD MYCOLOGY, is an innovative set of instructive and user - friendly documents by Penny Cullington and Sarah-Jayne Ebdon designed to provide help and information for all those wishing to learn more, whatever their level of knowledge. Available by clicking here or from the menu.

August 2025 update Following our recent AGM our latest Autumn programme of walks is now available - Please click here for details.

Our popular Members' Finds page has now been revised for 2025 and is now much more user-friendly. All members are encouraged to participate either by sending in images of their latest finds or by enjoying and benefiting from the contributions of others. Please click here to find out more.

IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT

It is with great pleasure that I can tell you that Penny Cullington has been given the British Mycological Society's 2025 Field Mycology Award, which will be formally conferred at the BMS Autumn Open Meeting at Kew later this year. We can all congratulate her on this recognition of the magnificent contribution she has made over many years to Field Mycology in Britain.

The Award recognises her many contributions, including conveying her knowledge on Inocybe and many other genera of fungi through publications and workshops to the Field Mycology community, her many contributions to the Society's journal Field Mycology, publishing articles and as a member of its editorial panel, but above all else for the way she has developed and led the Bucks. Fungus Group.

It is 27 years since I set up the Group, joined immediately by Penny, who has been at the heart of the Group for all of its history and essentially run it for most of those years. In more recent years she has taken the Group to new heights, arguably now the most successful local fungus recording Group of the many now active in Britain. The Society particularly recognised the vast number of records BFG has made, fundamentally adding to the understanding of the County biodiversity; the amazing web site that Penny together with Peter Davis have created and maintained, including the "Members Finds" pages that did so much to take us through the Covid years; building a team of identifiers to take us into future adventures, with skills like microscopy conveyed through workshops; and recently, with Sarah's support, providing educational resources through the "Foundations of Field Mycology" resource.

Congratulations Penny and thank you for making the last 27 years such a pleasure to be part of!

Yours sincerely,
Derek Schafer
(President of the Bucks Fungus Group)