Who We Are and What We Do

Our group study fungi in the Scottish Borders and we are situated at the centre of the four Scottish Borders counties.

Our membership is made up of beginners, keen amateur’s and experts and we pride ourselves on how we help each other to identify fungi out in the field, and we run courses in microscopy to advance our knowledge of these fascinating species.

We meet regularly, twice a month in the summer through to autumn and then once a month in the winter and spring.

All our finds are entered on the national databases which all goes to a greater understanding and monitoring of our environment.

We believe that as we are studying fungi and all the good they do to clean up the planet, it follows that we should do our part by cutting the distance we travel to forays – we try to keep our forays accessible and local.

How to Join

To become part of this adventure contact me, David Maw, at david.maw1@sky.com.

Your email address will be stored and used only for sending out details of forthcoming events, reports of previous forays and other items related to fungi.

Fungi of the Scottish Borders

Scroll through the photos below to see some of the fungi found in the scottish Borders. The names of each will appear underneath

Bell’s Bonnet (Mycena belliae)

You may be wondering why our logo has a fungus coming up out of water. We are very fortunate that the Scottish Borders has some wonderfully rare/unusual fungi and our logo is designed around one of these. Bell’s Bonnet (Mycena belliae) grows up from water reed stems, sometimes emerging up from submerged parts and opening out just above the water’s surface.