The Southborough Open Land Foundation is sponsoring a 2-hour mushroom walk and talk on October 19, 2025, from 10 am – noon at SOLF’s Beals Preserve.
Jonathan Kranz, a mushroom enthusiast, former park ranger (Boston Harbor Islands), and current vice president of the Boston Mycological Club, will cover the basics of mushroom habits, identification, and ecology, and help prepare participants for safe, exciting forages of their own.
The walk is limited to 30 people, first-come, first-serve.
We will meet at 9:45 am at the Beals Preserve Main Steet Field parking area. The parking lot is off Route 30, just east of Northborough Rd and west of Chestnut Hill Rd. There is also parking at the intersection of Northborough Rd and Route 30 and at the Chestnut Hill Farm hiking parking lot on Chestnut Hill Rd. The GPS coordinates are
42°18’26.3″N 71°33’16.0″W.
You can read about Jonathan Kranz at
https://www.kranzcom.com/mushroom-walks-and-talks/
