Tuesday 12th August

This will be a hands-on workshop for beginners who want to learn more about collecting, processing and identifying specimens. There will be an emphasis on how to write good descriptions. To be held at the Uniting Church Hall at Maleny. Time: 9.30am – 2.30pm Cost: $10 All places for the workshop have been filled, but…

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. How to get there: The 2013 UBD map ref is 99 F1. If you heading north over the North Pine River, you take…

An exhibition by Donna Davis, a talk by Nigel Fechner and Herbarium tours.   For more about Donna’s exhibition go to: http://donnadavisartist.weebly.com/unseen.html

The QMS Christmas party! Bring a plate of your favourite Christmas goodies to share and, if you wish, wear festive attire! It’s a time for celebration, so write and recite a poem about your favourite fungi. Show us an interesting fungal artifact. Show off your fungal arts and crafts!

Chermside Hills is one of the Queensland Mycological Society’s regular foray areas. The term Chermside Hills may be understood in two ways – the reference to the hilly western regions of the suburb or to the largest of the three reserves, Chermside Hills, Raven St and Milne Hill. QMS forays could be held in any…

Vanessa Ryan will be giving a presentation: “A Beginner’s Foray into Fungi”. Vanessa will talk about her first solo forays; her experiences, questions raised and lessons learned along the way.   The forays were in Girraween and Bunya Mountains National Parks.