public forays

Public forays

Everyone is welcome to come along to our public forays. They are popular with members of the public and with new MYFG members who are just starting to learn about fungi.

Enjoy a day in the outdoors - you'll probably find more fungi than you expect! On a typical foray, we find 30 or 40 different types of fungi. Children are always welcome and usually have a good time. They often turn out to be the best fungus spotters we have! Bring a packed lunch, something to drink and some waterproof footwear.

MYFG public foray programme 2008

Saturday 6 September - public foray, Golden Acre Park.
Non-members, please book by phoning the foray leader, Anne Bowers, on 0113 275 8957. Start at Top Car Park, GR SE 215419. Note this is not the main A660 Otley Road Car Park. . Bus no X84 (Otley Limited Stop). Alight at Ramada Jarvis Hotel. Take the footpath to right of hotel grounds. At the first stile on left go over into park and cross the dam. Do not turn left around the lake but follow the path uphill to top Car Park.

Sunday 2 November - Harlow Carr Mushroom Day.
SE 280542 Contact Committee Member: Denise Carter Tel. 07801 557 388. Forays must be booked with RHS Garden Harlow Carr by those who are not members of MYFG – there is a charge.

Some other public forays in Yorkshire

Sunday 9 November, 2pm-4pm Wildlife discovery day - fabulous fungi: Roundhay Woods Leeds Nature Area.
A Leeds City Council Countryside Ranger event. Join the countryside rangers for a fungal foray in the rich woodland to learn all about the common mushrooms and toadstools typical of the Leeds area. Tea and coffee in the new visitor centre afterwards. Meet in the car park off Wetherby Road below the dam of Waterloo Lake SE335372. Leader: Steve Joul Tel: 07891 270855. For information about other 'wildlife discovery days' in the Leeds area, see the Leeds Countryside Rangers page of the Leeds City Council website.

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