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A HISTORY OF FUNGAL RECORDING IN HEREFORDSHIRE
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1790s earliest known Herefordshire records by John Stackhouse, well-known botanist
(1742 - 1819)
1868 Woolhope Field Naturalists Club members were invited by Dr. Henry Graves Bull to
"Foray among the Funguses" - the archetype of all subsequent fungus forays - and the
beginning of 24 years of fungus recording in Herefordshire. These forays were attended
by many of the eminent mycologists of the day, from home and abroad.
1896 Inauguration of the British Mycological Society - inspired by the Woolhope Club
forays).
1998 Start of the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group.
The ‘Foraying amongst the fuguses’ leaflet can be seen more clearly in the Spring 2010 newsheet
Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group
A HISTORY OF FUNGAL RECORDING IN HEREFORDSHIRE
For the complete article click here
1790's - Earliest known Herefordshire records
by John Stackhouse, well-known botanist
(1742 - 1819)
1868 - Woolhope Field Naturalists Club members were
invited by Dr. Henry Graves Bull to "Foray among the
Funguses" - the archetype of all subsequent fungus
forays - and the beginning of 24 years of fungus
recording in Herefordshire. These forays were attended
by many of the eminent mycologists of the day, from
home and abroad.
1896 - Inauguration of the British Mycological
Society - inspired by the Woolhope Club
forays).
1998 - Start of the Herefordshire Fungus
Survey Group.
Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group
