Tuesday 12th December

"Fungal diversity in maritime Antarctic soils" Dr Paul Dennis is a Lecturer in Soil and Environmental Science in UQ’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, where he also runs a research group focussing on microbial ecology. Paul graduated from the University of Bangor in North Wales with a BSc hons in Environmental Science in 2002….

QMS member, Donna Davis, participated in the 2016 Artist in Residence Science Program. She joins three other participating artists – Alinta Krauth, Kay Lawrence and Jeanette Stok – in a joint showing of their works in the foyer of the Ecosciences Precinct. These four artists have interacted with scientists from the Department of Science, Information…

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…

Mt Cordeaux and Mt Mitchell straddle Cunningham’s Gap and are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of the Australian World Heritage Area. The site is rich with fungal species and there is always something of interest to be found. We start our forays in the car park, go past the cairn commemorating the explorer Alan Cunningham…

Nigel Fechner will be presenting “Fungal Biology”.