Workshops for 2016

A workshop on Stinkhorns, Earthstars, Puffballs and other wonders of the fungal world. These are the funsters of the fungal kingdom. We often see them in our parks, bushland and gardens. The workshop will be useful and hands on – lots of pictures, outlines, keys and papers so you can know how to ID your…

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…

Foray Reports and an informal meeting 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..

Nigel Fechner and Megan Prance, Queensland Herbarium. The Herbarium hosts free public seminars at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. They are held from noon until 1pm in the second week of the month (February to November) — in the FM Bailey conference room in the Herbarium building. You don’t need to register, just turn up…

Please note that no more forays are planned for 2016. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.

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…