We have finished the final events for the the conservation project ‘Putting Victorian fungi on the map’ (CVA). We would like to thank all the host groups and individuals who helped us get around most of Victoria. Some of the feedback from the groups was heartening to hear:
During the fungi season our educational events reached ~160 people in 2018 and ~200 people in 2019, with Fungimap Mycologist Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, and Fungimap volunteers and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria mycologists Dr Tom May and Dr Teresa Lebel leading the workshops. We sadly didn’t make it to the Mallee nor the North East regions as we couldn’t find any local groups to work with. So although the funded part of this project has finished if you would like educational events in your area and can help find funds, contact us at Fungimap. We are keen to continue getting information out there about what fungi are doing in our bush lands and how to record them. The events below were led by Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, unless otherwise indicated.
Port Phillip and Westernport
| Field Naturalists Club of Victoria fungi group
7/05/2018 Presentation: ‘Putting Victorian fungi on the Map’ |
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| Friends of Wanderslore and Fungimap Volunteers
24/03/2018 “Monitor your local fungi, particularly Tea-tree Fingers” |
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Central North
| Wombat ForestCare
19/05/2018 Launch of the ‘Lost Fungi’ and ‘Putting Victorian fungi on the Map’ booklets 18/05/2018 ‘Monitor your local fungi’ at Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood |
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| Fungimap Lost Fungi data workshop
10/08/2019 Thanks to B. Silver for the venue at Walmer. |
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| Bendigo Field Naturalists Club
14/08/2019 ‘Putting Victorian fungi on the Map’ and ‘Magic or Tragic?’ with Dr Teresa Lebel, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria 15/08/2019 ‘Monitor your local fungi’ with Dr Teresa Lebel near Bendigo |
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Goulburn Broken
| Strathbogie Ranges Conservation Management Network
8/06/2018 Presentation: ‘Putting Victorian fungi on the Map’ 24/03/2018 ‘Monitor your local fungi’ at the Euroa Arboretum |
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West and East Gippsland
| Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club
24/05/2019 Presentations ‘Putting Gippsland Fungi on the Map’ with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher plus ‘Insights into rare and threatened Fungi’, Dr Tom May, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria 25/05/2019 Monitor your local fungi at Tarra-Bulga National Park with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher and Dr Tom May |
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| Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club
25/05/2019 Presentations ‘Putting Gippsland Fungi on the Map Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher plus ‘Insights into rare and threatened Fungi’ Dr Tom May Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria 26/05/2019 Monitor your local fungi at Fairy Dell with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher and Dr Tom May |
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Corangamite
| Field Naturalists’ Club of Ballarat & Ballarat Environment Network
9/06/2019 Presentation: ‘Putting Victorian Fungi on the Map’ Monitor your local fungi at conservation reserve at Scarsdale. |
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Glenelg Hopkins
| Portland Field Naturalists’ Club
7/06/2019 Presentation: ‘Putting Victorian Fungi on the Map’ 8/6/2019 Monitor your local fungi at |
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| Since the Fungimap events in Portland in June 2019 more people are becoming fascinated by our fungi. Nature Glenelg Trust describe their delight and discovery from their first fungi forays read more. |  |
Wimmera
| Kowree Farm Tree Group Landcare
7/08/2019 Presentation: ‘Putting Wimmera fungi on the map’ at the Red Tail Gallery, Edenhope 8/08/2019 ‘Wimmera Monitor your local fungi’, Ullswater |
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| Hindmarsh Landcare
8/08/2019 Presentation ‘Putting Wimmera fungi on the map’ organised by Hindmarsh Landcare at evening talk in Dimboola 8/08/2019 ‘Wimmera Monitor your local fungi’, workshop, in Dimboola. |
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Learn more about fungi
We are continuing to share the educational kits, presentations and fungi workshops and forays. These have been shared during events with Yarra Ranges (2/6/2019) and the Greening Australia Habitat Management course (27/8/2019). If you would like such events please contact us at Fungimap.