On Friday 7th November 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Project hosted our first ever ‘UV Fungi Walk’ at Whinney Hill woodland. The session was a trial to see how well it would go. It did go quite well, with participants enjoying the autumnal afternoon walk. Unfortunately, we managed to find more litter than fungi during the walk, due to plastic fluorescing under UV light! We did manage to find one very fluorescent fungi (and a few that changed colour, but only slightly)
Overall, the session was a success and was received well (next year we will host the session a little earlier in the year when more fungi are around).
Thank you to everyone who came along to our prototype walk, your attendance was very much appreciated!
As always, thank you to our funders at Lancashire County Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, and the Windfall Fund for making it all possible
