February 16th – Mt Cordeaux

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…

This foray has been cancelled, due to rainfall on the Granite Belt. A weekend/double foray will be held instead with a visit to Girraween National Park on Saturday and to Wilson’s Downfall on Sunday. We apologize for the short notice of this change of plans. Mt Cordeaux and Mt Mitchell straddle Cunningham’s Gap and are…

Fungimap 8 Conference The Fungimap 8 Conference was held on the 16-21 April 2015 at Batemans Bay, New South Wales. Presenters included Teresa Lebel, Ray Kearney and Michael Anlezark. Workshops presenters included ‘How to photograph fungi’ with Paul George, ‘Boletes’ with Roy Halling and ‘Truffles’ with Teresa Lebel. For information about future fungimap events, go…

The QMS Christmas party! It’s a time to celebrate the end of another year of fabulous fungi. Bring a plate of your favourite Christmas goodies to share and, if you wish, wear festive attire!

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.

Susan Nelles and Vanessa Ryan will be presenting “Queensland’s Stinkhorns”.