MID-YORKSHIRE

FUNGUS GROUP

exploring the fungi of Yorkshire

Welcome to the website of the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group (MYFG). We are a small and friendly group of people who are interested in studying fungi. Some of us are beginners at fungi, some are very experienced, and many are in between. You're welcome to contact us if you want to know more.

About us

We aim to

encourage interest in fungi
find, identify and record fungi in the Mid-Yorkshire area (approximately within a 30 mile radius of Leeds)
promote the conservation of fungi

We organise

forays
talks and slide shows
identification evenings
socials

We offer:

regular newsletters
advice on books and equipment
help with specimens that puzzle you
help with microscopy

Membership

We welcome new members. The annual membership subscription runs from January to December. There are no part-year reductions, but if you join on or after 1 October in any year, your membership will run till the end of the following year. Our current fees are:

£10.00 for an ordinary [individual adult] member
£5.00 for a junior member [under 18], a student or anyone who is unwaged.
£15.00 inclusive for a family

If you would like to join, please print off a copy of this application form, fill it in, and follow the instructions at the bottom of the form. If you would like to discuss any aspect of membership, contact our Membership Secretary at the contact given below. Before applying for membership, please ensure that you read this disclaimer.

Contact us

MYFG committee members

Name	Role	Telephone	Email	Special contact for:
Adrian Bennett	President	01423 324011	adrian@dromomania2.outlook.com
Anne Bowers	Secretary	0113 275 8957		Details of our meetings and public forays
Mary Larner	Treasurer and Membership Secretary	0113 261 2589		Membership, and invitations to our forays
Mal Greaves	Recorder		recorder@lintoncottage.com	Notification of fungal finds
Archie McAdam	Maintainer of MYFG email group	01756 793359	helenandarchie@helenandarchie.f9.co.uk	News for circulation to the group; information about the Craven Section
Andy Woodall	Committee member	0113 258 6569
Alan Braddock	Committee member	01924 275631
Denise Carter	Committee member	07801 557388	denise_carter@me.com
Ian Forward	Committee member	01274 637171
Phil Swinhoe	Committee member	0113 285 4549	pswinster@yahoo.co.uk
Peter Duffy	Webmaster		webmaster@myfg.org.uk	anything concerning the MYFG web site

News

2018-04-25

The event lists for 2018 are now available - see below. Please notify the webmaster if errors are seen.

2018-02-06

Mal Greaves has recently produced a key based on the tombio visualisation framework for the genus Geoglossum. He has also produced an enhanced version of the key for the genus Scutellinia. These keys are the result of an immense amount of work and study, and potentially represent a major advance in the understanding of these genera.

Both the keys are accessible from this site, in the section fungi.

Events

Our calendar of events for 2018 is now available:

(Please note that these lists are complete and (hopefully) correct as at 07/05/18. However, the details for some events are not finalised. When the list is updated, this will be noted here: please check back periodically.)

Keys

Scutellinia and Geoglossum

For some years, Mal Greaves has been making a special study of the genus Scutellinia (eyelash fungi): based on his research, and using the Tombio ID visualisation framework, he has created an interactive key to the genus; following on from this work, he has also produced a similar key to the genus Geoglossum (earth tongues.) Both these keys are now available on this site:

For further information, or to discuss any issues whilst using the key, please contact Mal at recorder@lintoncottage.com.

Fungal records

The following are lists (in PDF format) of fungi found during some of our forays:

Site	Date
Otley Chevin	01/10/2016
Swinsty Reservoir	26/09/2015
	12/11/2016
	16/09/2017