Birmingham Natural History Society: Mycology Section
Sunday 26 April 2009
10.30 am Shrawley Wood, VC 37 (Worcestershire), Landranger 150. This is the Tim Bateman Memorial Foray. Tim & Diana Bateman led the Worcestershire Fungus Group. Meet at SO804651. Follow signs to Shrawley until you come to a pub called the Rose & Crown as the road bends into Shrawley (NOT the New Inn). Park at the rear of the pub.
Sunday 10 May 2009
10.30 am Hampton Wood Nature Reserve VC 38, Landranger 151, at grid reference SP255600. Park in the car park.
Sunday 23 August 2009
10.30 am Kenilworth Common Nature Reserve, VC 38, Landranger 140, SP300731. Park considerately in Highland Road off Common Lane.
Sunday 6 September 2009
10.30 am Tocil Wood Nature Reserve, VC 38, Landranger 140, SP305753. Park in university car park 1 signed Medical School from Gibbet Hill Road.
Sunday 13 September 2009
10.30 am Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, VC 37, Landranger 139, grid reference SP 036814. Park in the car park, or overflow car parking as indicated, and meet outside the main entrance to the Centre. If approaching from the south, pass the entrance to Woodbrooke on the other side of the dual carriageway, and turn (signposted to WQSC) 400 yards further up the hill. We can have lunch at Woodbrooke for a modest charge. The food is very good there! Please let Alan know if you want lunch, so that he can make the booking.
Sunday 20 September 2009
10.30 am Grendon Common, VC 38, OS Landranger 140 or Explorer 232. Park on the roadside at grid reference SP280979.
Sunday 27 September 2009
10.30 am May's Wood, Wootton Wawen, VC 38, Landranger 151, grid reference SP1464. Access is uncertain at the moment and details should be obtained from the contact nearer the time.
Sunday 4 October 2009
10.30 am Wolford Wood, VC 38, Landranger 151. Meet at grid reference SP242332 on the minor road linking Great Wolford to the A44 at the entrance to the woodland track.
Sunday 11 October 2009
10.30 am Moreton Morrell, VC 38, Landranger 151. Park in the main student parking area on the left hand side of the drive down to the teaching area where the main College Reception is situated in the archway of the Old Stable block at SP305551 and NOT along the Wellingtonia Drive up to the Hall, which is now out of bounds and under repair following the fire last year.
Sunday 18 October 2009
10.30 am Hartshill Hayes Country Park, VC 38, Landranger 140, SP317943. Meet at the far end of the visitor car park. There is a charge for parking.
Sunday 25 October 2009
10.30 am Draycote Meadows Nature Reserve, VC 38, Landranger 140, at grid reference SP449706. Park off the road by the gate into the meadow
Sunday 1 November 2009
10.30 am Oversley Wood, VC 38, Landranger 150. Meet at the entrance to the wood at grid reference SP110567 on the lane, after going under the Alcester bypass.
Sunday 15 November 2009
10.30 am Lapworth, VC 38, Landranger 139 or Explorer 220. Turn south off the B4439 at Lapworth Cricket Club sign at SP170713. Cross the canal and park just inside the gate on the edge of the field.
Sunday 22 November 2009
10.30 am Leam Valley VC 38, Landranger 151. Park in the car park at SP333653 off the A425.
Sunday 10 January 2010
10 am AGM.
If you wish to attend a foray, please email David Antrobus a few days beforehand. This will ensure that you do not arrive at a foray that has been cancelled or moved to a different location.
Beginners and people with a general interest are most welcome but would experienced mycologists, after a foray, please check 'A Fungus Flora of Warwickshire' and the additions to the Flora to confirm that any of the less-common species that you have collected have already been recorded for the County. If they have not, PLEASE KEEP DRIED MATERIAL for the herbarium.
Please send lists of species that you have found on the forays in Warwickshire to Mr A.W. Brand, 14 Bishopton Lane, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9JN or David Antrobus. Where possible, please state the habitat and associated trees and plants for each record.
If you find an interesting fruiting of fungi, and think that others would be interested, please contact John Williams. It may be possible to arrange a foray at short notice.
Permission has been obtained from landowners to collect for scientific purposes. In the interests of conservation, please do not collect more specimens than necessary for your personal use. We do not encourage collection for culinary purposes on our forays. The Warwickshire Fungus Survey is affiliated to the British Mycological Society.
Unless otherwise stated, forays begin at 10.30 am.
If you want to attend a foray, please mail, David Antrobus Contact Addresses. This will ensure that you do not arrive at a foray that has been cancelled or moved to a different location.