Spaced repetition is a learning technique that involves revising information at increasing intervals of time in order to improve long-term memory retention. The idea behind spaced repetition is that by revisiting information at specific intervals, we can strengthen our neural connections and better retain the information in our memory.

The intervals between revisions are based on a proven model of how we forget information over time. We are most likely to forget information soon after learning it, but the pace of forgetting slows down over time.

With spaced repetition, we revise information at increasingly longer intervals, starting with more frequent revisions and gradually spreading them out over time. This helps us to consolidate the information in our memory and retain it for longer periods of time.

Spaced repetition is an incredibly powerful learning technique that has been shown to be effective for a wide range of subjects, from language learning to studying for medical exams. It is particularly useful for learning large amounts of information, as it helps to optimise our study time and maximise our retention of the material.

Spaced repetition may sound complicated, but the software our course uses makes it incredibly simple (and fun) to apply. All you need to do is follow the simple prompts on screen.

Absolutely! The 42 edible mushrooms in this course are very common and you can expect to find a few of them every time you go looking in the right season. You will be able to contribute to a meal often, and occassionally will hit a bonanza and have enough mushrooms to preserve or give away.

Foraging for mushrooms is very very fun, and becomes more fun the less you need to look at ID guides or google descriptions as you go.

Learning these mushrooms will also deepen your knowledge of, and connection to the natural habitats of the British Isles, not to mention deeply impress your friends and relatives!

Any computer/laptop running MacOS, Windows, or Linux

Studying on your phone is also possible, with the use of an additional app. This app is totally free on Android, but costs an extra $25 on iOS. Instructions are included in the accompanying course ebook.

Not at all! You can get learning in a few minutes, although we recommend reading the accompanying PDF course guide before starting the course.

The default settings of this course allow you to learn all the species in just 3-5 minutes study each day for just over a month, learning 3 new species each day. Slow and steady is ideal. However, if you want to learn faster than this, you can adjust the settings easily, and could potentially learn all the material in a week or less.

After you have done the initial learning of the mushrooms, if you want to remember them you will need to regularly review the material. The software will organise this for you, giving you a list each day of flashcards which you need to review. Each time you review a mushroom flashcard, your memory will be strengthened, and the time before the next review is required will increase. This means that the number of reviews you need to do each day will reduce over time. After a few months you’ll need just a few minutes each week to review all the material and ensure the knowledge is retained.

If you have a break, perhaps through the mushrooms off-season, no problem! The software will efficiently re-teach what you have forgotten when you want to brush up.

You will receive a set of 192 digital flashcards split into 5 'decks' and an accompanying ebook. The flashcards can be studied using a piece of simple software which you will have to download (a very simple process). Instructions for how to do this are contained with the accompanying ebook.

The 5 decks are:

1. Basic mushroom features

2. Rules of thumb

3. Easy edible mushrooms

4. Deadly poisonous mushrooms

5. Edibility training

Other methods, such as books, apps, and in-person courses, may take years to get you to the same point that this course will get you to in 5 minutes study per day for one month!

Why? Those methods do not allow you to utilise the most powerful scientifically proven learning technique - spaced repetition. Without this method, which you will learn all about while using this course, there is no guarantee that knowledge will stick - in fact, it's guaranteed that most of it will not stick, leaving you with at best a hazy and unreliable ability to recognise mushrooms. Following the spaced repetition method, which the software used by this course makes stupidly easy, you can guarantee that you will learn and be able to recall every piece of information contained within this course.

You will effortlessly learn to recognise the following 54 species of mushroom, including 42 delicious edible species and 12 deadly poisonous ones to avoid.

Tawny Funnel

Scarlet Elfcup

Brown Rollrim