Tuesday 9th June

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…

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.

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 residents and visitors alike. For more information about the group, see www.facebook.com/LockyerCitizens The QMS has…

Saturday, March 10 at 9:00am Palm Grove Section of Tamborine Mountain National Park, Palm Grove Avenue, Tamborine Mountain. Sunday, March 11 at 10:00am Thunderbird Park, Cnr Tamborine Mountain Rd and Cedar Creek Falls Rd, Tamborine Mountain. (Part of the Scenic Rim BioBlitz) To register for these events please email: memsec[at]qldfungi.org.au

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…