Tuesday 11th March
This will be 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..
This will be 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..
Sunday 1st June, from 9.30 am to 12.00 midday. You are invited to an entertaining and informative morning in the bushland, overlooking the Brisbane River, at Westlake/Riverhills. Watch the Geckoes Wildlife Presentation which features live Australian wildlife to look at, touch and learn about. Children love them. Bring your own chair or mat. Enjoy a…
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…
A workshop on Stinkhorns, Earthstars, Puffballs and other wonders of the fungal world. These are the funsters of the fungal kingdom. We often see them in our parks, bushland and gardens. The workshop will be useful and hands on – lots of pictures, outlines, keys and papers so you can know how to ID your…
Dr. Sapphire McMullan-Fisher will be presenting “Fungi Allsorts”. Sapphire is co-author of “Australian Subtropical Fungi” and is currently Fungimap Co-ordinator. She is experienced in quantitative ecological and flora surveys, particularly for cryptogams, and providing scientific experimental design and research. She is also experienced in community engagement and education and regularly runs events about biodiversity and…
Andrew Franks will be presenting The Wonderful World of the Bryophytes. The bryophytes, a collective term for moss and moss-like plants, are the second most speciose group of land plants in the world often forming a conspicuous component of many ecosystems. However, they are rarely included in floristic assessments of sites and not treated with…
The next workshop will be on Saturday 6 October at the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland 237 Milton Road, Brisbane 9:30 – 14:00 The subject is ‘Identifying Agarics and Boletes to genus with an emphasis on the importance of spores‘.