Tuesday 10th June

Due to the hot weather and subsequent lack of fungi, this foray has been cancelled. The Citizens of the Lockyer Inc. are working to increase awareness of the rich biodiversity to be found within the Lockyer Valley, to document the flora and fauna of the area and to promote the value of the environment for…

As part of National Science Week, the Queensland Herbarium will be presenting a Discovery Talk – “Fungi – The Undiscovered Kingdom”.   Fungi are a life form so unique they are grouped into their own Kingdom, separate from the flora and fauna. Fungi occupy all habitats on Earth, even Antarctica, and come in a myriad…

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.

QMS was successful in the Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program 2016-2017. Our project (ENV00203) is titled “Mentoring for mastering mycological identification skills and community engagement” has been fully funded. The project aims to build capacity to address the severe lack of people trained to identify fungi in Brisbane. It…

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…

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…