Tuesday 8th May AGM

Please note that no more forays are planned for 2016. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.

Still Going Strong! Saturday, 9th November, 2019 11:30am – 7:30pm Kandanga Community Reserve (behind the Kandanga Hall) Representatives of the QMS will once again be manning our stall at this exciting festival. For more information, go to the Mary River Festival website at www.maryriverfestival.org.au/

Dominated by sandy soils typical of the Great Sandy National Park, the plants and their fungal mycorrhizal partners of Cooloola have had to adapt to these low nutrient soils. The resulting diversity of Boletes, in particular, makes this a global hot spot for fungal diversity. For more details, go to our page about Cooloola National…

The Sunshine Coast Hinterland Foray Locations Friday afternoon, 11th March – Maroochy Botanical Gardens – a top place for both mycorrhizal fungi and others. Saturday 12th March – an all day excursion to Woondum National Park, near Gympie. This site is new for QMS, but not for several members who have made some very exciting…

"Fungal diversity in maritime Antarctic soils" Dr Paul Dennis is a Lecturer in Soil and Environmental Science in UQ’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, where he also runs a research group focusing on microbial ecology. Paul graduated from the University of Bangor in North Wales with a BSc Hons in Environmental Science in 2002….

Speaker – TBA 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.