2013-04-09 (Tuesday 9th April)

QMS Christmas Party Vanessa Ryan – The Clark Rogerson Foray Vanessa will speak about her recent foray with the Connecticut Westchester Mycological Association.

After an extremely successful foray last year, QMS will be returning to Bellthorpe for an entire weekend of fantastic fungal fun. Situated west of the Glass House Mountains, Bellthorpe is about 98 km (or 90 min drive) north-west of Brisbane CBD. The site features pristine rainforest and farmland. Bookings are essential and places are filling…

Mt Cordeaux and Mt Mitchell straddle Cunningham’s Gap and are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of the Australian World Heritage Area. The site is rich with fungal species and there is always something of interest to be found. We start our forays in the car park, go past the cairn commemorating the explorer Alan Cunningham…

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…

Location: Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Tanawha, Sunshine Coast Time: Arrive 08:30 for a 09:00 am start – will conclude by lunch time Site Details: Plenty of parking and amenities – no potable water. This foray covers a considerable distance over reasonably hilly terrain. Places are limited and the final list of attendees will need to…

Linda Garrett is located in Mapleton National Park, a short drive to the west of the town of Mapleton on the Blackall Ranges, Sunshine Coast. 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…