2013-11-12 (Tuesday 12th November)
An informal meeting where 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..
An informal meeting where 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..
There will be reports on the following forays: Chermside Hills (26th January) Baroon Pocket Dam, Montville (18th February) Ben Bennett Park, Caloundra (18th March) Members are also asked to bring something of interest, for example specimens, a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..
The meeting scheduled for 11th November has had to be postponed to Tuesday 18th November. The venue will still be Qld Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Apologies for any inconvenience. Vanessa Ryan will be presenting Tasmanian Fungi. Vanessa and her husband, Chris, went on a two week holiday to Tasmania in June/July of this year….
Guest speaker, Kim Nguyen, will be presenting "CAN I EAT IT? And other good questions you should ask about Fungi." She will discuss the varying approaches to fungal edibility by mycological societies from around the world, in order to trigger thought and debate about the goals and parameters of QMS. Glenda Walter and Pat Leonard…
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…
Dominated by sandy soils typical of the Great Sandy National Park, the plants and their fungal mycorrhizal partners of Cooloola have had to adapt to these low nutrient soils. The resulting diversity of Boletes, in particular, makes this a global hot spot for fungal diversity. For more details, go to our page about Cooloola National…
Open Day at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens. This is part of a nation-wide event highlighting the work and value of botanic gardens communities – displaying, educating, protecting and researching – connecting plants and people in all possible ways. This year the Friends of MRBBG are sharing the event with community partners interested in native…