This year’s national fungi bioblitz was indeed the largest in Australia’s history, with 13,309 records of 1,131 species contributed by 1,973 participants nationwide over the month of May. Of the 13,309 records, we had 4,208 sightings contributed on QuestaG...
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The Great Aussie Fungi Quest 2023 is live!
Launching today, you can be part of our second annual national fungi bioblitz, hopefully the biggest in history in Australia! https://www.biosmart.life/australian-fungi-quest-2023 To get involved, you need to upload any fungi you see anywhere in Australia thr...
Next webinar: Myxomycetes with Karina Knight
We are pleased to announce Karina Knight from WA as the next speaker in our current webinar series! Tuesday 24th January 4.30pm AWST (WA), 6pm ACST (NT), 6.30pm AEST (QLD), 7pm ACDT (SA), 7.30pm AEDT (VIC/NSW/TAS) Held via Zoom. Book here. Free for F...
Taxonomy: Part 1. What is it?
I have been asked to write a few words about biological taxonomy – simple, heh! If only! Firstly, as naturalists and biologists, we probably think mostly in terms of genus and species. But – taxonomic classification is just a system whereby things are orga...