Tuesday 13th December

Jed Calvert Fungi Plants Depend On: Orchids, Endophytes and Microbiomes 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.

Guest Speaker, Kerryn Gough will be speaking about "Cultivation of Fungi". Afterwards, Fran Guard will be presenting a short talk about "Growing fungi as a livelihood in Cambodia".

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..

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…

There will be two reports given on recent QMS projects. Megan Prance will speak about the Brisbane Fungi Project and Sandra Tuszynska on the Woodfordia Project. As always, members are also asked to bring something of interest, for example specimens, a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or…

Dr John Stanislic will be presenting: “Australian native land snails: Nature’s Mycologists” Australian land snails are poorly understood by the general public mainly due to their experiences with a small group of about 50 introduced snails and slugs that infest suburban backyards and gardens. These introduced species generally feed on soft, leafy foliage such as…