Partial Veil
presents

Mushroom
Walks

with
Jeremy Hegge

 
Who is Jeremy Hegge? Jeremy Hegge (he/him) has been actively learning about fungi for years. 

For the past three years, he has been involved in running mushroom walks around the Naarm/Melbourne area. He has collaborated with others in leading these walks and has also led walks for Moorabool Mushroom Festival, La Trobe University Botany Society and the Friends of Royal Park.

Jeremy adopts a slow and researched approach to identification with a strong focus on understanding taxonomy and an interest in global foraging practices. Through this approach he has eaten dozens of mushroom species, many of which are not commonly consumed. 

Many local species do not yet have names and becoming involved in their documentation as a citizen scientist is an important and exciting aspect for him. He also has a passion for fungi photography.

Jeremy is a qualified Horticulturalist. He previously specialised in the revegetation of indigenous grassland and woodland flora in urban spaces. 
     
Happy days with an undescribed Boletaceae near Meanjin/Brisbane
Springtime lepidella (Amanita section Roanokenses) on Boon Wurrung country
Webcap (Cortinarius sp.) infected with Spinellus, a funky mushroom parasite
Looking for black trumpets (Craterellus aff. cornucopioides), the native species are not yet described
Massive coral tooth (Hericium aff. coralloides)
Big porcini (Boletus edulis)
Sometimes you have get down with the leeches to get that pretty picture
Austrocortinarius australiensis on Gadubanud country
Collecting specimens for sequencing on Gubbi Gubbi country
Native smooth chanterelles! (currently undescribed Cantharellus)
Searching for spring fungi
Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma aff. fasciculare) on Wurundjeri country