Forty delegates attended this biennial meeting held at Three Counties Hotel at Hereford. Also there were representatives from the BMS grassland fungi workgroups, the BMS headquarter and the Mycology Section of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The invited speakers included David Bullock, National Trust, who enthusiastically described the work of the trust and why the trust appreciated the fungus community in their grounds. From Kew, Martyn Ainsworth spoke of Kew’s future research plan, and Pau Cannon of their newly launched ‘Lost and Found Fungi’ project. From SFSG Mariko Parslow attended and gave a short presentation on the Group’s activity. Some Powerpoint snapshots from her presentation are shown here.
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Paul Cannon, Kew (Mycology), explains a new project. Our Dick Alder, this time representing West Weald FRG.
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Some snapshots from SFSG’s Powerpoint presentation.
For detailed minutes of the meeting, see http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/files/5314/0716/1419/Amended_BMSRN_meeting_June_2014_Three_Counties_Hereford.pdf