Fungi Foray
About This Experience
Meet the Forest's Greatest Engineers!
For a brief window after the monsoon, the forest reveals one of its richest displays of fungal life. Delicate coral fungi, tiny cup fungi, glowing mushrooms, and countless other forms emerge from the damp forest floor, transforming it almost overnight. Some last only hours, others a few days, before quietly disappearing once again.
Beneath this fleeting spectacle lies one of nature's most important kingdoms. Fungi recycle fallen wood, return nutrients to the soil, form vast underground partnerships with plants, and help sustain the intricate relationships that keep forests alive. Some even play a role in influencing local weather patterns!
Join us for a three-day immersive fungi trail through Beforest's 300-acre Poomaale Collective in Coorg. Bordering the Brahmagiri Forest Reserve, the post-monsoon rains bring an explosion of fungal life across the rainforest, transforming the forest floor into a living gallery of shapes, colours, and textures.
Guided by experienced naturalists, you'll discover a world that's easy to overlook—one that reshapes the way you see the forest beneath your feet.
This isn't your average nature walk. This is stepping into a world only few people get to see.
This is the one you'll tell stories about!
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Enter the Hidden World
•Welcome & Orientation
Meet your fellow explorers, facilitators and settle into the wilderness.
•Lunch
Enjoy a nourishing meal before beginning your exploration
•Meet the Forest’s Greatest Engineers
Get introduced to the mysterious kingdom of fungi and the quiet work they do to keep forests alive
•The Art of Noticing
Slow down and learn to spot the strange, beautiful and often overlooked fungi scattered across the forest floor.
•Tea & Snacks
Pause, refuel and share some of the discoveries from your first foray
•Stories from the Forest
A biodiversity session exploring the fascinating lives, relationships and ecological roles of fungi.
•Free Time
Relax, wander and take in the forest at your own pace.
•Bonfire & Barbecue
Gather around the fire, enjoy a barbecue and share stories under the stars
• Farm to Table Dinner
Taste authentic Kodava cuisine
Follow the Threads
•Morning Nature Walk
Return to the forest for a quiet morning walk and notice the details you may have missed before.
•Breakfast
A nourishing start to your final morning in the wilderness
•Fungi Foray: Into the Wild
Explore different habitats and uncover the incredible diversity of fungi that emerges across the landscape
•Alfresco Dining
Enjoy a wholesome meal amidst the wilderness.
•Nap Time in the Jungle
Time to rest, reflect and recharge
•Field Lab
Take a closer look at your discoveries and begin piecing together the stories hidden within them.
•Hidden in Plain Sight
Put your observation skills to the test and search for the small, strange and surprising life tucked away around Poomaale.
•Dinner
Gather together for a hearty meal and stories from the day.
•Into Nature’s Night Shift
Take a night walk and step into the nocturnal world of the forest
Until Next Time
•One Last Foray
Return to the forest for a final exploration and see how much more you notice now
•Breakfast
Fuel up for the final discoveries ahead
•Jeep ride across 300 acres of wilderness
Travel across the landscape, exploring its forests, grasslands, streams, and stories
•Lunch
A final meal shared together in the wild
•Closing Ceremony and Departure
Leave the forest with a new lens, knowing that an entire world has been quietly working beneath your feet all along.
Experience Completed
This year's Fungi Foray from 12–14th September. Save the dates and click below to be notified as soon as registrations open!
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