An under-collected bird’s nest fungus, Mycocalia denudata by Pam and David Catcheside On a recent survey on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, in early August 2024, we collected a small bird’s nest fungus (PSC4956) growing on kangaroo dung; morphologically ...

Check out this video on our YouTube channel to see find out how to participate in this year’s Great Aussie Fungi Hunt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8UueQD603c  

Have you uploaded observations on to an iNaturalist project or participated in a citizen science activity? If the answer is yes, then give yourself a pat on the back! The critical role of citizen scientists has been in the spotlight recently, in two related ar...

Join The GREAT AUSSIE FUNGI HUNT 2024 – Agarics, Polypores, Earthstars, Corals, Stinkhorns, Morels, Lichen, Slime Molds… the list goes on … It doesn’t matter where you live – in the forest, in the city, near the beach, or in the desert – explor...

The first pilot season of our new project in South Australia is well underway, and we would like to share some of the highlights so far! Together with citizen scientists, over the next 3 years this project seeks to answer research questions about whether targe...