Article and images by Tijana Petrovic A wise mycologist once advised a group of fungi enthusiasts on learning to identify fungi: “Start with one genus, an easy one like Amanita, and learn the morphological characters listed on the identification sheet.&#...

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 ...

By Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, Michael Amor and Shari Bamos Tea-tree Fingers (TTF, Hypocreopsis amplectens) is listed as Critically Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List and the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Victoria. We ...

The Fungi Season in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains Story and images by Lachlan Penninkilampi Our patron, Professor Tim Entwisle, once proposed that Sydney has not four seasons, but five: sprinter (August, September); sprummer (October, November), summer...

In Part 1 we established that the taxonomy of organisms is a very useful and essential human concept if we are going to study biology, and we started to get a grasp of how that taxonomy works. We can also see why it changes from time to time as new information...