Ready for some mushroom hunting? Join JNS on Sunday the 4 th of September 2022 (Mushroom Day!) at Bygdøy for a guided tour of Bygdøy with mushroom expert, Woon Long. From 10:30 (Meet us at Huk No. 30 Bus stop at Bygdøy) to 12:00 we’ll be following Mrs. Woon Long’s introduction and will go and search for mushrooms together. Participants are welcome to bring a lunch box and stay on the peninsula at their leisure. From 12:00-15:00 there here will be a mushroom related event organized at the Botanical Gardens.
Those who wish to continue their search for more mushroom related information (in Norwegian), you are most welcome to proceed to the Botanical Gardens after our event. Otherwise,there will be a mushroom control at Sogns Vann until 16:30 that day as well.
Visit Soppkontroll for more information
If you are interested in joining us for this exciting autumn event, please use the following registration form and register and pay the participation fee before 31 August. Please note that the spot is limited and we will confirm your participation on a first-come, first-served basis.
Before joining the tour, please download this brochure and familiarize yourselves with mushrooms in Norway.
Please bring with you:
1. A pocket knife, possibly with a brush,
2. Paper bags,
3. Basket,
4. Insect repellent for your protection,
5. Lunch and picnic gear if you wish to stay on in the
peninsula, and
6. Print out of the mushroom guide which will also become
handy in identifying the mushrooms in the field.
We are fortunate to have Mrs. Woon Long with us who has
written a book on mushrooms which was translated into
various languages.
We made special arrangements with her who will make
autographed books available to you if you order them in
advance.
Kindly note that the following books are available in limited numbers and she will appreciate prior payment (300kr each) by the 3 rd of September via VIPPS (48270107).
-Japanese paperback version
-English hard copy version
-Norwegian hard copy version
You will receive your book on 4 September at the beginning of the tour only if your payment is made by the 3 rd of September.
View of the book in Japanese here
The book was also recommended on a Japanese podcast (time stamp: 26:41 ).
We look forward to welcoming you to this special event!
J-NS Board of Directors
About Long Litt Woon: (born 1958), an anthropologist, grew up in Malaysia and went to Norway at age 18 as a student. There, she met and married a Norwegian man, Eiolf Olsen. After many happy years together, he suddenly died one day. Her first book "The Way Through The Woods. Of mushrooms
and mourning" is about two journeys: an outer journey about her discovery of the Kingdom of Fungi and an inner journey about her grief. The book has been published in 16 countries and is longlisted for the Jan Michalski prize for Literature in 2019. Long (her surname) divides her time between
Norway and Malaysia. She updates her social media accounts regularly.
(Facebook, Instagram and Twitter).
