North Somerset and Bristol Fungus Group
Activities. We meet regularly to identify and record fungi in a region bounded by Bristol, Portishead, Clevedon, Weston super Mare, Bridgwater, Glastonbury and Frome.
The pages on this site contain information about our current activities, our foray records, picture galleries, training days and much more. Please use the various drop-down menus to navigate the site.
Tyntesfield. Information about our surveys of fungi at Tyntesfield, a National Trust Estate near Bristol, is also provided. Regular monthly audits have been conducted there since October 2005. These have identified more than 850 different species and have revealed that the lawns around the House are an internationally important site for Waxcap (Hygrocybe spp.) and other grassland fungi.
Affiliation: The North Somerset and Bristol Fungus Group is affiliated to the Association of British Fungus Groups and to the British Mycological Society.
Database Records: Do you want to record the fungi you have found in 2011 (or earlier)? Do you want to find fungi in the UK? There are two UK Databases: CATE 2 and FRDBI. Both have been improved recently. Have a look and give them a try.
Battarrea phalloides (the Sandy Stilt Ball) has been re-discovered in Somerset . This very rare fungus, known from less 10 sites in the UK was discovered recently during a NSBFG/Somerset Wildlife Trust Foray near High Ham.