2018 Truffle Gathering

As part of National Science Week, the Queensland Herbarium will be presenting a Discovery Talk – “Fungi – The Undiscovered Kingdom”.   Fungi are a life form so unique they are grouped into their own Kingdom, separate from the flora and fauna. Fungi occupy all habitats on Earth, even Antarctica, and come in a myriad…

Please join us at 6pm for our next meeting via Zoom. The meeting will run for 40 minutes and it will be recorded. QMS President Wayne Boatwright will be speaking about specimen collecting. Invitations to the Zoom meeting with details of how to join in will be sent out via email to QMS members beforehand….

Fran Guard will be conducting a workshop on the Role of Fungi in Restoring Rainforest. It will be held on the 31st of October from 10am to 3pm. Brush Turkey Enterprises 468 Reesville Rd Reesville QLD 4552

The first workshop for 2015 will be on Spore Prints and Pics, scheduled for the 29th of August. Members are asked to submit ideas for another workshop. Suggestions so far include “How to ID Small Brown Fungi” or a “Beginners Workshop”. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.

There will be a report on the Shoebox Workshop, held on the 31st October. Members are asked to bring something of interest, for example a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..