Workshops for 2016
Two workshops will be held later in the year (August and October), during the "off peak" period for fungi.
Suggestions for workshop topics are welcome!
Email your suggestions to: info [at] qldfungi.org.au
Two workshops will be held later in the year (August and October), during the "off peak" period for fungi.
Suggestions for workshop topics are welcome!
Email your suggestions to: info [at] qldfungi.org.au
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…
Pat Leonard will be speaking about Lactarius.
Dr Tony Young will be presenting his talk on Hygrocybes. Susie Webster will report on the foray at the John Oxley Reserve, Murrumba Downs. Time permitting, Susie Webster will also report on the Truffle foray that was held at Ravensbourne and lead by Susie and John Dearnaley.
There has been a venue change. The foray was to have been at Lake Cooroibah, Great Sandy National Park, but current climatic conditions have necessitated the change of location. We are now going to Baroon Pocket Dam Montville. We will start this foray at 8am. The walking track is through a forested area accessed from…
Please note that no more workshops are planned for 2014. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.
Gillian Brown, Collections Manager at the Queensland Herbarium (BRI) will be speaking about "Processes in Herbarium". Afterwards, Vanessa Ryan will give a short talk about her recent visits to the Kew Fungarium and Edinburgh Herbarium.