Mushroom Foraging in Crieff

Mushroom Foraging Weekend

Search for fungi in the Crieff countryside, at a beautiful time in autumnal Perthshire

The course starts over dinner, where you will meet the other 'forayers', and is followed by a talk by Patrick on the key features of a mushroom which help identification. Over the next 2 ½ days, field trips will take you to the local fields and woods to search for mushrooms. The areas around the Hosh area where the Famous Grouse Experience is also located, the Knock of Crieff, and near to Comrie Croft and Torleum Hill by Comrie are all areas with mixed woodland - with lots of oak, beech and scots pine. Where possible, we will share transport, to minimise our impact on the local environment. During these excursions, and back at Galvelmore House, Patrick will help you learn what details to look for in a mushroom to help identify it - and in what kind of habitat it grows - along with some suggestions for their preservation for future use and culinary uses - with a fry up being one way! The course concludes over lunch on the last day with a summing up of all that we have found and where to go next as a seasoned hunter.