BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2214@wildfooduk.com DTSTART:20231021T110000Z DTEND:20231021T160000Z DTSTAMP:20230914T115622Z URL:https://www.wildfooduk.com/events/hampshire-south-downs-field-mycology -and-mushroom-foraging-course/ SUMMARY:Hampshire\, South Downs Autumn Field Mycology and Mushroom Foraging Course DESCRIPTION:\n \;\nWe will be meeting in the Visitor Centre car park at 11am.\nThis is a specialist Field Mycology and Mushroom Foraging Course.\ nThe course is perhaps more suited to people who already have experience i dentifying mushrooms\, rather than novices. Not suitable for children unde r 12 years.\nYour course leaders will be our resident Mycologist Attila Fo di plus one of our Foraging Instructors.\n\nOn this course you will learn how to identify many interesting fungi. These will include plenty of edibl e species\, which our Foraging Instructors will discuss in detail\, plus m any other inedible and poisonous fungi\, including little brown mushrooms\ , polypores\, crusts and many other fascinating species which we hope to f ind along the way.\n\nThe course is designed to help you identify a wide v ariety of fungi in the field\, often with the help of books and chemical t ests.\n\nWe will be meeting at 11am with a talk on the rules of foraging a nd how to collect properly. \n\nWe will then set off for roughly a 2.5 hou r\, slow-paced hour walk\, discussing and collecting what we find. We will then stop for a wild food late lunch\, prepared by our Foraging Instructo rs. This will be followed by a detailed identification of the various spec ies collected on the walk\, where you will be taught how to identify speci es that are a bit more unusual than the mushrooms foragers normally collec t.\nAfter the course you will receive course notes by email\, listing ever ything found on the day.\n\nFor your day\, we recommend you bring:\n\n Com fortable\, weather appropriate clothing and footwear\n Note pad and pen\n Water / drink to stay hydrated\n Camera\n\nPlease note that 4pm is only an approximate finish time\, which may alter depending on circumstances on t he day. LOCATION:Hampshire: South Downs\, Queen Elizabeth Country Park Visitor Cent re\, \, South Downs Way\,\, Waterlooville\,\, PO8 0QE\, Hampshire\, United Kingdom GEO:50.961273;-0.978209 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Queen Elizabeth Country Par k Visitor Centre\, \, South Downs Way\,\, Waterlooville\,\, PO8 0QE\, Hamp shire\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hampshire: South Downs:g eo:50.961273,-0.978209 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR