Roz: a big thank you, Sapphire

Roz: a big thank you, Sapphire

Sapphire has put in a sterling effort as Coordinator for Fungimap over the last 4 years. She has been the friendly face, volunteer coordinator, e-news and newsletter information gatherer and producer, replier to emails and much more since 2014. We will miss he...

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Fungimap Coordinator position

Fungimap Coordinator position

We invite applications for the part-time (0.3) position of Fungimap Coordinator, responsible for the overall coordination of Fungimap, the Fungimap office at the Royal Botanic Gardens, financial systems, reporting, events, communications, and the coordination...

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A Parasite on Tea-tree Bug

A Parasite on Tea-tree Bug

Fungimap has been monitoring Tea-tree fingers – a parasitic fungus on a paint fungus that lives on Tea-tree. Septobasidium clelandii is a parasitic fungus that can be found emerging from swellings on Tea-tree twigs. However it is not parasitic on the Te...

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FDU2 images needed urgently

FDU2 images needed urgently

The 2nd edition of Fungi Down Under is well under way and we need images of the following species. Species in bold we currently have zero images of 🙁 Amanita flavella Entoloma viridomarginatum Annulohypoxylon bovei Gyromitra tasmanica Oudemansiella exannul...

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For kids to investigate fungi

For kids to investigate fungi

Investigating Fungi  by Gwen Pascoe, is a small, easy to handle and read book for primary school children. It explains the parts of some large fungi and how they grow and includes case studies of common and unusual fungi and ideas for children on how to inves...

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