2012-05-26: Cunningham’s Gap

The Linda Garrett Reserve is a short drive to the west of Mapleton on 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 that support some rare and unusual wood inhabiting fungi. For more details,…

Situated on the north side of Brisbane, Murrumba Downs John Oxley Reserve is an interesting site with a variety of habitats, ranging from dry Eucalypt forest to pockets of rainforest and mangroves. For more information about the foray, go to our Calendar of Events.

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…

QMS member, Donna Davis, participated in the 2016 Artist in Residence Science Program. She joins three other participating artists – Alinta Krauth, Kay Lawrence and Jeanette Stok – in a joint showing of their works in the foyer of the Ecosciences Precinct. These four artists have interacted with scientists from the Department of Science, Information…

Speaker: Dr Graham Stirling – Fungi and Nematodes: Where Science Fiction can seek inspiration PLEASE NOTE the NEW TIME: 4.00-6.00 pm Location: FM Bailey room, Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha. Dr. Graham Stirling completed his B.Sc. (Honours) and M.Sc. degrees at the University of Adelaide, where he was introduced to the fascinating world of nematodes. Graham…

Guest Speaker, Kerryn Gough will be speaking about "Cultivation of Fungi". Afterwards, Fran Guard will be presenting a short talk about "Growing fungi as a livelihood in Cambodia".