6th Forest to Fork Scottish Fungi Festival 2026

WHERE: Kilvrecht campsite, Pitlochry, PH17 2QJ

 

WHEN:  25th- 27st September 2026

 

DURATION:  3 days, 2 nights.

It is up to you if you choose to stay overnight camping. If you live within a reasonable distance or prefer to stay at the hotel for the night, just let us know at the time of booking the event.

Price for the event doesn’t include camping fees. 

To book your camping pitch, visit

 https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/forest-parks/tay-forest-park/kilvrecht-campsite

 

PLAN FOR THE EVENT:

 

PLEASE NOTE: The plan of the event and time is approximate and not strict to the exact hour. We all are here to learn about mushrooms but also to relax and to have a good time.

 

DAY 1, Friday, 25th September 2026

 

We arrive in the afternoon around 3pm.

We set up tents and unpack.

 

6pm- 7pm

THINGS YOU NEVER DARE TO ASK ABOUT MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS with ATTILA

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about medicinal mushrooms. Attila will introduce 12 medicinal mushrooms, not only their pharmacological descriptions from Traditional Chinese Medicine sources, but their applications as home remedies, including a few food recipes translated from Chinese.

 

7pm - 10pm

Koji presentation and food demonstration, chill by the fire at night and to get to know each other. 

 

DAY 2, Saturday, 26th September 2026:

 

11am- 12 noon

TREE ID SEMINAR with Lisa from Edulis Wild Food.

Knowing key tree species is a valuable skill for fungi ID, and it's often something that mushroom nuts overlook in their quest for further mycological knowledge. We'll go over useful tree species to recognise and examples of fungi they partner with, how to tell apart some of the conifers and broadleaf trees commonly found in Scotland, and to get to know our amazing arboreal neighbours a bit better.

 

12noon- 12.30pm

Lunch break. Please bring your own food and refreshments.

 

12.30pm- 3.30pm

FORAGING WALK with ATTILA

 

3.30pm- 4.00pm refreshments break

 

4pm- 6pm Identifying mushrooms we collected 

 

6.00pm- 10.00pm

*FORAGED FUNGI FOOD DEMO with MIMI & SILKE, food sharing by the fire.

 

 

DAY 2, Sunday, 27st September 2026

 

10.30am- 1.30pm  

FORAGING WALK with ATTILA

1.30pm- 3pm

lunch, questions, feedback and goodbyes (always emotional part)

 

PLEASE NOTE: *FORAGED FUNGI & KOJI FOOD DEMO

 This is a food demonstration only with chance for everyone to try edible mushrooms we have found, not actual dinner. Please bring your own food. We do not provide breakfast, lunch or dinner. We cannot promise that the food used for the demonstration is not going to contain any allergens, however we will try to do our best for the food we share to be suitable for everyone. Please let us know if you have any food allergies or other dietary requirements.

Looking forward to seeing you there and sharing mushroom magic together!
 

 

Intense weekend foraging course introducing you to the basic theoretical and practical knowledge essential for mushroom identification (in situ).

After this course you should be able to safely identify the most common mushroom genera and species of the British forests.

Would you like to know what kind of mushrooms are growing near your home?

Would like to know which mushrooms are edible and which are toxic?

Would you like to know more about how to turn the foraged mushrooms into tasty and healthy meal?

Recognising mushrooms in situ, without special equipment, like a microscope or special chemical reagents is not easy, but everyone is able to learn the basics and the way how to identify the tasty edible, and the toxic poisonous, species.

This course will provide the skills, knowledge and confidence to begin or continue your journey in The Fungi Kingdom.

You will learn about the biology and ecological role of mushrooms, the major ID features, like habitat, size, shape, gill or tube attachment etc. of the major genera, the way of ethical and sustainable foraging and much more...

 

If you are unable to attend for the whole weekend but would like to join for one of the workshops, please email us to info@mycobee.org for prices and availability.

 

Attila Fodi has been a registered Mushroom Inspector (a qualified mushroom expert who provide mushroom identification service for the public and/or the mushroom distributors) in Hungary since 2014. Attila is a member of both the Hungarian and British Mycological Societies. He provided Mushroom Training courses in Hungary, UK and Ireland in the last couple of years. He is often invited speaker of various conferences and mushroom events (i.e., the 3rd UK Medicinal Mushroom Conference and Bristol Fungus Day 2020). His main research area is the medicinal properties and application of mushrooms. Several articles, introductory booklets and some of his books have been published in Hungarian, English, also in Czech and Slovakian languages.

Lisa Cutcliffe (Edulis Wild Food) is our special guest  a foraging instructor and a huge fan of fungi. She's based in Leeds, Yorkshire, but spends several weeks up in Scotland every year, touring around studying and enjoying mushrooms, seaweeds and other wonderful wild foods. Fungi were her first love in her foray into foraging, and are still her greatest passion.