Lynne is Professor of Fungal Ecology at Cardiff University. She has taught and researched the ecology of fungi associated with trees and wood decomposition for 50 years. She is fascinated by the hidden parts of fungi - mycelia - and how they behave in the natural world, their aggressive interactions between fungi of other species, how their communities develop in wood, how they are affected by invertebrates that feed on them and by climate change.scription goes here

Lee is the Fungarium Collection Manager at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Along with curating the collection, he teaches Fungarium and field techniques for mycological collections in Madagascar. His research interest is the fungi of Madagascar, particularly entomopathogenic fungi and larger mushroom forming fungi in the rainforests.

Jassy is a Senior Plant Pathologist and Mycologist at the Royal Horticultural Society where she identifies and researches fungi in gardens. Jassy has created a fungi garden at RHS Wisley, aiming to win over visitors with the aesthetic beauty and ecological benefits of the species on show, and now supports fungi gardening projects in other public gardens. In 2025 she authored her first book, RHS Fungi for Gardeners.

Sarah is a fungal ecologist and lecturer at Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences. She was first enthused about fungi by childhood forays, and as an undergraduate became fascinated by the complex interactions that shape fungal communities. Since completing her PhD on fungal-bacterial interactions during wood decomposition, Sarah has worked on a large range on fungal research topics and is currently leading a major project on evidence-based conservation for endangered British fungi.

Dr Andy Letcher is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, where he is programme director for the online and in-person MSCs in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, Culture. He is the author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom and researches psychedelic spiritualities, especially the use of psychedelics within contemporary Paganism and the surprising revival of interest in the fly agaric mushroom.

Years of walks, talks, tutoring and outreach — alongside his work with the British Mycological Society and North West Fungus Group committees and his full-time role working with children in schools — have fuelled a particular passion for making fungi accessible, memorable and, above all, fun.

Marlow Renton is the founder of Wild Food UK and co-author of the best-selling Foraging Pocket Guide, Mushroom Foraging Guide and the Wild Food UK Forager’s Cookbook.  He has been teaching people about wild edible mushrooms for over 15 years with over 70,000 YouTube Subscribers and over 7 million views on YouTube alone.  His main passion is fungi of all sorts but particularly the edible kind!

Hania is a practitioner, educator and consultant who bridges Traditional Chinese Medicine, naturopathy, mycotherapy and energetic alignment, with a focus on holistic health, resilience and sustainable business for women and their organisations.  She has over two decades' experience across clinical practice, education and content development in this space, including as UK mycotherapy education lead for Hifas da Terra, and as a wellness consultant in five-star resorts across Thailand, the Maldives and clinical practice in Australia. She wrote and delivered a mycotherapy unit for the ION immunology course and the mycotherapy module for CNM's nutrition degree. She has trained practitioners and lay audiences alike on the therapeutic use of functional mushrooms.

Oli is an educator and consultant working at the intersection of functional mushrooms, mycotherapy, psychedelics, and contemporary wellness culture. His work sits between research, lived experience, and creative practice, with a focus on education and the responsible development of psychedelic and mushroom spaces.

He has several years’ experience researching and teaching the therapeutic potential of medicinal and functional mushrooms, including Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail, and Chaga. He is the creator and lead educator of multi-month mycotherapy training programmes, exploring the role of functional mushrooms in wellbeing and recovery.

Kit is a biodesigner and fungi researcher. She co-founded FFUNGA Native, a functional mushroom company dedicated to UK native species, and created the London Native Fungi Library, a living collection of the city's finest gourmet and medicinal mushrooms. Her second book FUNGI: Creatures & Cultures was published by Watkins earlier this year, and her dream is to create the Fungi Museum.