Forays for 2016
Please note that no more forays are planned for 2016.
For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.
Please note that no more forays are planned for 2016.
For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.
Dr. Sapphire McMullan-Fisher will be presenting “Fungi Allsorts”. Sapphire is co-author of “Australian Subtropical Fungi” and is currently Fungimap Co-ordinator. She is experienced in quantitative ecological and flora surveys, particularly for cryptogams, and providing scientific experimental design and research. She is also experienced in community engagement and education and regularly runs events about biodiversity and…
The meeting scheduled for 11th November has had to be postponed to Tuesday 18th November. The venue will still be Qld Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Apologies for any inconvenience. Vanessa Ryan will be presenting Tasmanian Fungi. Vanessa and her husband, Chris, went on a two week holiday to Tasmania in June/July of this year….
We have been fortunate here at Dilkusha (Maleny, Sunshine Coast) to have had enough showers in the last few weeks to keep things growing and to have a number of fungi pop up. So I would like to invite you to come here on the Saturday morning (Sat. 29th March) for a morning foray on…
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…
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, 28 April Meet at Ben Bennett Reserve, opposite 91 Queen Street, Caloundra Please arrive at 9.00am for a 9.30am start. (Concluding at 12.00 noon) There is some off street parking, drinking water, shelters and amenities. This modestly sized reserve is always surprising with lots of interesting finds… To register for this foray please email:…