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Mushroomstuff We are Bill O'Dea and Freda O'Dea. We do wild mushroom hunts with the option of cooking your catch in the forest.

Bill O’Dea is a passionate Irish mycophagist who has been running mushroom hunts in Ireland and abroad since 1996. He also speaks internationally at Mushroom festivals in Spain, France and Turkey. His hunts in Ireland have been covered and recommended by RTE TV(Corrigan knows food, Nationwide,Living the Wildlife, Neven Maguire), TV3, TG4, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Examiner, Sunday Independent,RTE 1 Radio(Morning Ireland, Mooney goes wild, ), Sunday Business Post(Ross Golden Bannon top ten events of the year), Food and W**e magazine, and others. As well as his love of gathering and eating wild mushrooms, Bill enjoys sharing his knowledge on the fascinating, amusing and sometimes horrific aspects of fungi and their relationship to the planet and the other natural kingdoms. Bill runs several public mushroom hunts in Autumn every year and is also available for private events. He has enjoyed sharing his passion with groups including chefs, university/college, slow food and mushroom/food festivals.

We still have a few beautiful craft made Damascus steel blade mushroom foraging knives in stock. Incredible quality.
07/10/2026

We still have a few beautiful craft made Damascus steel blade mushroom foraging knives in stock. Incredible quality.

Foragers knife with a high quality Damascus steel blade, brush, specially curved blade and scraper. Damascus steel is a famed type of steel recognisable by the wavy light and dark pattern of the metal. Aside from being beautiful, Damascus steel is valued because it maintains its sharp edge. Knives m...

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Looking forward to doing our annual event in Howth with Nicole. Howth Foraging
12/09/2026

Looking forward to doing our annual event in Howth with Nicole. Howth Foraging

Catching an eclipse in a colander.
13/08/2026

Catching an eclipse in a colander.

Bits and pieces of fungi emerging in this dry period. Dryads saddle and King Alfred's cakes/cramp balls.We're starting o...
10/08/2026

Bits and pieces of fungi emerging in this dry period. Dryads saddle and King Alfred's cakes/cramp balls.
We're starting our Mushroom hunts near Dublin next week. See profile for details.

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Kilcolman Court
Dublin

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