Hampshire Fungus Recording Group

Documenting the Fungi of Hampshire

Events 2026 2025

Sat 7 Feb AGM

Sat 21 Feb Pipers Copse

Sun 22 Mar Micro workshop

Sun 29 Mar Asco workshop

Sat 18 Apr Greywell, Basingstoke

Sun 26 Apr N. Hants Golf Course*

Sun 7 Jun St Catherine's Hill

Sat 13 Jun Hale Purlieu

Sun 6 Sep Franchises Wood

Sun 13 Sep Mottisfont, Great Copse

Sun 20 Sep Eyeworth Wood

Sat 26 Sep The Chase

Sat 3 Oct Elf Cup Wood

Sun 11 Oct Denny Wood

Sat 17 Oct Sims Wood

Sat 24 Oct Mark Ash Wood

Sun 25 Oct Reptile Centre (Public)

Sun 1 Nov Greywell, Basingstoke

Sat 7 Nov Tantany Wood*

Sun 22 Nov Long Beech Inclosure*

Sat 28 Nov Hinton Ampner

Sun 6 Dec QE Country Park*

Sat 12 Dec Franchises Wood

Sat 19 Dec Crab Wood

Unconfirmed dates/destinations are shown faded.

Entries marked with an asterisk are new sites this year.

Entries by (M) are events for micro fungi.

Insurance arranged through affiliation with the British Mycological Society.

Non HFRG Events

Wed 23 Sep VESPA: Wood Crates

Wed 7 Oct VESPA: Rufus Stone

Wed 21 Oct VESPA: Bramshaw Wood

Wed 4 Nov VESPA: Shave Wood

Wed 25 Nov VESPA: Whitley Wood

Mark Ash Wood--Registration with VESPA is required

Sat 24 Oct 2026

Directions: Mark Ash is situated in the middle of the New Forest. Leave Lyndhurst on the A35 towards Christchurch and head towards Bolderwood car park on Bolderwood Road or the Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental drive.

Park near Lat-long 50.8769 (N) -1.655919 (W) Link to full-screen map.

Park near Grid reference SU243086 What3Words ///damage.establish.limbs

Field event ID HF2625

Site manager Forestry England

This survey is being run jointly between HFRG and the New Forest Biodiversity Forum. Anyone planning to attend should register with VESPA, after which they should get invitations to register separately for each VESPA survey, including the mid-week fungus ones not included on this program.

Meting time will be provided when you register with VESPA.

In addition, please note that Forestry England have now introduced a parking charge for the New Forest and attendees will need to organise this themselves.

Please be mindful of others and do not attend any event if you:

Have any symptoms of Covid-19
Have been in contact with an infected individual