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.