Forays for 2015

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…

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

Spore Examination – Microscopic Techniques This is an advanced workshop for people with microscopes who want to learn more about spore recognition and measurement. Topics such as ornamentation and use of chemicals will be discussed. The structure of the Workshop is to be informal with a sharing of information and experience. A variety of spore…

Please join us at 6pm for our next meeting via Zoom. The meeting will run for 40 minutes and it will be recorded. QMS President Wayne Boatwright will be speaking about specimen collecting. Invitations to the Zoom meeting with details of how to join in will be sent out via email to QMS members beforehand….

Annual General Meeting Speaker: Dr Morwenna Boddington – Russula PLEASE NOTE the NEW TIME: 4.00-6.00 pm Location: FM Bailey room, Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.

An informal meeting, with a brief workshop report followed by a session where members are asked to bring something of interest, for example a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..