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Plantlife Walk at Ludwell Valley Park
A guided walk with a Plantlife fungi conservation officer, looking at the habitat and handling waxcap fungi before practising how to record them with the Waxcap Watch app. Suited to nature walkers and anyone curious about fungi.
Key information
- When
- Saturday 21 November
- Where
- Ludwell Valley Park
- Price
- £10.50
Performances
About this event
Join Aileen Baird, Senior Conservation Officer for Fungi at Plantlife, at Ludwell Valley Park
for an introduction into the world of waxcap fungi. We’ll take a walk around the park, discussing the features of the habitat before getting hands-on with some fungi, and explore what makes a waxcap a waxcap! We will also practice recording our findings using Plantlife’s Waxcap Watch survey app.
Aileen works on fungal conservation projects across the UK. She has worked in mycology for 9 years, with particular interests in the impacts of climate change on fungi, grassland fungi, rainforest fungi, and community science. Aileen’s work covers a diverse range of projects, including the new UK Network for Fungal Conservation, the community-science project Waxcap Watch, and on-the-ground conservation of threatened fungi.
Exact meeting location will be emailed to ticket holders before the event.
Information about accessibility is available on our Access page.
Image: Ian Wright