Archived Events

This is the second year of this action packed course. Join us at a beautiful setting in Booroobin. I hope you can come!

Sandra Tuszynska will be speaking on Myco-remediation. Pat Leonard will give a report on the Linda Garrett foray. If there is time, Pat Leonard and Wayne Boatwright will report on the Bribie Island foray. As always, members are asked to bring something of interest, for example specimens, a book, or to speak briefly about such…

This will be a hands-on workshop for beginners who want to learn more about collecting, processing and identifying specimens. There will be an emphasis on how to write good descriptions. To be held at the Uniting Church Hall at Maleny. Time: 9.30am – 2.30pm Cost: $10 All places for the workshop have been filled, but…

Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands which shelter the northern part of Moreton Bay. Most of the island is uninhabited national park and forestry plantations. The QMS has only forayed on Bribie Island once before and that was back in 2009. That was a successful foray, with 32…

The Annual General Meeting. Susie Webster will report on the FUNNZ foray at Glenorchy. Fran Guard will give a short report on the AMS Conference, Queenstown. Patrick Leonard will given an update on the Red List from the AMS Conference. Fran Guard will then report on the Cooloola foray. Dr Tony Young was to be…

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…

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…

Megan Prance will be giving a report for the Woondum part of the Residential Foray. Members are asked to bring something of interest, for example specimens, a book, or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..

BBS – West – March 1st, 2016 Fungi, Frogs and Furry flying Microbats The Brisbane Biodiversity Seminar series provides members of Land for Wildlife, Habitat Brisbane, Environment Centres and Creek Catchment groups an opportunity to hear interesting speakers on environmental topics, while enjoying supper and a cup of tea with like-minded people from across Brisbane….

Foray Reports for Chermside Hills (February) and the Residential Forays (March). As always, members are asked to bring something of interest – for example specimens or a book – or to speak briefly about such things as an interesting web site or a favourite species, etc..