Tuesday 9th September

The Allure of Fungi by Alison Pouliot Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the terrestrial organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet. The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives – those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It…

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…

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…

"Fungal diversity in maritime Antarctic soils" Dr Paul Dennis is a Lecturer in Soil and Environmental Science in UQ’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, where he also runs a research group focusing on microbial ecology. Paul graduated from the University of Bangor in North Wales with a BSc Hons in Environmental Science in 2002….

QMS member, Donna Davis, participated in the 2016 Artist in Residence Science Program. She joins three other participating artists – Alinta Krauth, Kay Lawrence and Jeanette Stok – in a joint showing of their works in the foyer of the Ecosciences Precinct. These four artists have interacted with scientists from the Department of Science, Information…

There will be two reports given on recent QMS projects. Megan Prance will speak about the Brisbane Fungi Project and Sandra Tuszynska on the Woodfordia Project. As always, 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…