The Linda Garrett Reserve is a short drive to the west of Mapleton on the Blackall Ranges. The QMS undertake regular visits to the reserve, which has a wide range of mature living trees and fine collections of logs and old tree stumps that support some rare and unusual wood inhabiting fungi. For more details,…
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…
John Dearnaley will be presenting “Mycorrhizal Fungi”.
A number of forays will be held as a part of the Queensland Fungi Festival 2014. Saturday 26th April Morning Funky Fungi (for kids): Jasmin Packer (Registration includes 1 adult and 2 children, children must be accompanied. Mt Coot-tha – Own transport required. meet at Brisbane Botanic Gardens Richard Randall Art Studio) Foray with Tom…
The Citizens of the Lockyer Inc. are working to increase awareness of the rich biodiversity to be found within the Lockyer Valley, to document the flora and fauna of the area and to promote the value of the environment for residents and visitors alike. For more information about the group, see www.facebook.com/LockyerCitizens The QMS has…
We have been fortunate here at Dilkusha (Maleny, Sunshine Coast) to have had enough showers in the last few weeks to keep things growing and to have a number of fungi pop up. So I would like to invite you to come here on the Saturday morning (Sat. 29th March) for a morning foray on…
Dr Tony Young will be giving a talk on “Australian Species of Ramaria“. This is also the QMS Annual General Meeting.
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…
This is a new foray site for the QMS. Situated west of the Glass House Mountains, about 98 km (or 90 min drive) north-west of Brisbane CBD, the site features pristine rainforest. For more details, go to our Calendar of Events.
Robert Ashdown will be presenting “Fungal Photography” Robert is a keen photographer and naturalist who works for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Go to Robert’s website…
