Friday 26th January Australia Day Foray

The Allure of Fungi by Alison Pouliot Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the terrestrial organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet. The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives – those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It…

Fran Guard will report on the "Spore Prints and Pics" Workshop. Dave Wood will be speaking on "Fungal Genomics".

Nigel Fechner – “World Wide Whoppers! A look at ID on the web.”

QMS was successful in the Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants Program 2016-2017. Our project (ENV00203) is titled “Mentoring for mastering mycological identification skills and community engagement” has been fully funded. The project aims to build capacity to address the severe lack of people trained to identify fungi in Brisbane. It…

Foray Information – Foray Nomination Form [.pdf]

Speaker – Patrick Leonard – The Value of and Reason for Fungal Conservation 7.00-9.00pm FM Bailey room Queensland Herbarium, Mt Coot-tha.