Friday 26th January Australia Day Foray

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…

Donna Davis will be speaking about her art and latest exhibition ‘Unseen : symbiotic worlds’. Donna uses a mixed range of materials and media to represent connections and relationships within the natural world in a way which evokes curiosity and reflection. She believes that the art/science field provides a powerful catalyst to challenge our discourse,…

The 28-30th March Weekend foray to Ravensbourne has been cancelled due to the exceptionally dry weather and the resulting lack of fungal growth. Ravensbourne National Park is situated on a spur of the Great Dividing Range between Toowoomba and Esk. The park contains remnants of rainforest and wet eucalypt forest along the slopes of the…

The QMS is proud to be a participant of the Plant and Enviro Day. The fun starts at 9am on Saturday 5th September at the Rosewood Showground. Click HERE for more information. See you there!

Fungimap 8 Conference The Fungimap 8 Conference was held on the 16-21 April 2015 at Batemans Bay, New South Wales. Presenters included Teresa Lebel, Ray Kearney and Michael Anlezark. Workshops presenters included ‘How to photograph fungi’ with Paul George, ‘Boletes’ with Roy Halling and ‘Truffles’ with Teresa Lebel. For information about future fungimap events, go…

Due to some good rainfall on the Granite Belt, a weekend/double foray will be held in Girraween National Park on Saturday 11th of April and at Wilson’s Downfall on Sunday the 12th. These forays replace the scheduled visit to Cunningham’s Gap and we apologize for the short notice. The Granite Belt has a very different…