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...
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Fungi for Function project update
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...
A new Cortinarius
A huge congratulations to Katrina Syme from Denmark WA and Dr Teresa Lebel from the State Herbarium of South Australia for identifying and naming a new species of Cortinarius. Back in 2022, Fungimap awarded Katrina a grant to name new species of fungi in Sout...
Welcome to our new Fungimap Coordinator
Welcome to the new Fungimap Coordinator – Tamara Walton. Tamara is based in Tasmania and comes to us with a background in marine science, conservation and government relations having previously worked with CSIRO and Parks Australia. Tamara is an avid f...
Half a million fungi records and counting – By Tom May
Sometime around the middle of the day on Saturday 18 May 2024, the number of fungi observations for Australia on iNaturalist ticked over 500,000. I was hoping to see the half millionth record as it came in, but just on this one day, more than 900 observation...