Gary Goldman is known as the 'Mushroom Fundi'. He is based in Cape Town and runs mushroom tours throughout the year. He is a passionate mushroom collector and has amassed considerable knowledge of regional mushrooms and fungi. Marieka Gryzenhout is a lecturer in mycology at Free State University, and author of Pocket Guide to Mushrooms of South Africa. fi eld of Ethnobotany and Reforestation. She works at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi