AGM – Tuesday 14th May 2019

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…

Meeting Prof Levente Kiss – Little Bugs on Big Bugs: Powdery Mildews & Myco Parasites 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha

Linda Garrett is one of the Queensland Mycological Society’s regular foray areas. The Linda Garrett Reserve is a short drive to the west of Mapleton, in the Blackall Ranges. The QMS undertake regular visits to the reserve which has a wide range of mature living trees and fine collections of logs and old tree stumps…

The Annual General Meeting. Susie Webster will report on the FUNNZ foray at Glenorchy. Fran Guard will give a short report on the AMS Conference, Queenstown. Patrick Leonard will given an update on the Red List from the AMS Conference. Fran Guard will then report on the Cooloola foray. Dr Tony Young was to be…

Members will remember previous forays held at this venue. There has been rain and lots of fungi are coming up at Bellthorpe, so do come along and help us record them. We will spend the morning in the field starting at 9. Bring a picnic lunch, we will discuss what we have found over lunch…

Gillian Brown, Collections Manager at the Queensland Herbarium (BRI) will be speaking about "Processes in Herbarium". Afterwards, Vanessa Ryan will give a short talk about her recent visits to the Kew Fungarium and Edinburgh Herbarium.