Exciting news...in January I will be moving on from my mycology apprenticeship to pastures new (hopefully with some good waxcaps) to take up a post as Countryside Education Ranger at Bowhill, near Selkirk!
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Samantha Ranscombe - Mycology Apprentice
Too much sun!
I LOVE the sun but have discovered that fungi don’t and so are proving difficult to find as I start getting out and about on field trips. But it’s a good time for Dryads Saddles (Polyporus squamosa), Common Ink Caps (Coprinus ...
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Winter wonders!
I'm 5 months into my mycology apprenticeship, how the time is flying. The autumn time is often seen as the best time to find fungi , but some brilliant wood rotting fungi is around all year - have a look at some of the fallen ...
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Fungi hits the news!
Fungi hit the news last week as a report on Radio 4 confirmed mycologists are becoming a rarity in the UK. It is fantastic in Scotland that BTCV and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have already responded to this challenge ...
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More than mushrooms!
Hi, I'm Sam, the new mycology apprentice based at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. I'm only in week 3 of my apprenticeship but already I'm learning there is much more to mycology than just mushrooms! I'll be spending ...
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