We will be leading identification and foraging walks/forays throughout the weekend, with two options available:

short or long walks/forays.

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Short Foray:  The Short Foray is a  2 hour walk foray in the Dunster area led by Martin Osler. The short foray takes place in the morning, leaving you the afternoon available to participate in several workshops and presentations led by our expert presenters.​

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Long Foray:  The Long Foray is an extended, day-long field trip that will last 5-6 hours and visit two different locations for extensive exploration and identification. Participants will meet the instructors and guides at the school, where there will be a group briefing on forest etiquette and safety, mushroom features, how to input data into iNaturalist and procedures. From there, participants will car-pool to the first destination, where the group will explore the site searching for fungi, and instructors will examine and identify everyone's finds before moving to the second area. This schedule allows everyone to experience two different environments/bio-types in which to contrast their finds. Participants will return to Dunster in the late afternoon and share their finds with other festival goers by displaying them in the main area.

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