Archived Events

Two workshops will be held later in the year (August and October), during the "off peak" period for fungi. Suggestions for workshop topics are welcome! Email your suggestions to: info [at] qldfungi.org.au

The Sunshine Coast Hinterland Foray Locations Friday afternoon, 11th March – Maroochy Botanical Gardens – a top place for both mycorrhizal fungi and others. Saturday 12th March – an all day excursion to Woondum National Park, near Gympie. This site is new for QMS, but not for several members who have made some very exciting…

Chermside Hills is one of the Queensland Mycological Society’s regular foray areas. The term Chermside Hills may be understood in two ways – the reference to the hilly western regions of the suburb or to the largest of the three reserves, Chermside Hills, Raven St and Milne Hill. QMS forays could be held in any…

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…

Dave Wood will be speaking about electronic record keeping. For more information about what’s on in 2016, go to our Calendar of Events.

Please note that no more workshops are planned for 2015. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.

Amazingly, the 8th December is the exact date that the first meeting of the “Fungi Group” was held in 2005. To recognise this, our 10th anniversary, we will be holding a party. The Management Committee invites you to attend and share some of the achievements, discoveries and fun times of the last 10 years.  There…

There will be a report on the Shoebox Workshop, held on the 31st October. 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..

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

You are invited to attend a “Shoebox Workshop” to be held at the Pooh Corner Environment Centre, Sumner, from 9-30 to 2pm. Bring along those fungi that you have collected and described but have not got anywhere with identification because you do not have access to a microscope. The workshop will concentrate on microscope work…