Forays for 2015

Please note that no more workshops are planned for 2013. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.

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…

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!

The February 15th foray to Cunningham’s Gap has been cancelled due to the exceptionally dry weather and the resulting lack of fungal growth. Mt Cordeaux and Mt Mitchell straddle Cunningham’s Gap and are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of the Australian World Heritage Area. We start our forays in the car park, go past the…

School Holiday Activity: The ENVIRO DETECTIVES are back at the Cubberla Witton Catchments Network Centre! Enviro Detectives Tristan Truffle and Pixie Cap invite all keen young forensic scientists to investigate the secretive world of mushrooms. They’ll have a closer look at witches’ butter and fairy rings, examine spores, figure out how the fungi cap got…