When Fungimap commenced in the mid 1990s, records submitted were stored at first in spreadsheets and then in the “Fungimap database”, an Access database maintained at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. There was no on-line interface for this database but th...

This is exciting. If you are new to fungi or your children are interested in nature, these videos are a must-see and a very good guide to finding and understanding mushrooms, wherever you live. They were produced by the team at Natural Resources SA Murray Darl...

The bushfire crisis this summer in Australia has had an immense impact on many unique areas of ecological significance. We’ve all seen harrowing images of our much-loved fauna suffering as a result of these unprecedented fires, with as many as 800 million an...

We are building knowledge about distributions of fungi and we need your help. August Hao (University of Melbourne) & Tom May (Royal Botanic Gardens Vic) We know many Australian fungi have distinct distribution patterns, but these patterns are challenging t...

Fungi Down Under 2 will include species maps and, in the lead up to publication, we want to identify gaps in the currently known distribution or any dots that look to be in the wrong place to make the final maps as accurate as possible. Test maps have been pr...