Beyond the Seed

Foray Reports for Chermside Hills (February) and the Residential Forays (March). As always, members are asked to bring something of interest – for example specimens or a book – or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..

Meeting Vanessa Ryan – Fungi and Lichen – The Basics Jesse and Lana – Polypore Observations from the Jungles of Borneo 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha

Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands which shelter the northern part of Moreton Bay. Most of the island is uninhabited national park and forestry plantations. The QMS has only forayed on Bribie Island once before and that was back in 2009. That was a successful foray, with 32…

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…

Welcome to the new QMS Website! In the coming months this site will grow to cover all materials provided by our old website – and much more. Stay tuned for more mycological resources including Foray Sites and images, identification keys and QMS meeting videos.