We are very pleased to announce that we were successful in securing a grant from the South Australia government as part of their Citizen Science Large Grants program! The funding is for a 3 year pilot project called “Fungi for Function: bushland health i...
Tag: Australian fungi
A new Marasmius to look out for!
Marasmius brunneolorobustus – Marasmius ‘robust brown’ It is exciting to have another recognisable species in the genus Marasmius named and published. This one has been lurking under Marasmius haematocephalus for a long time, but it didn’t fit to...
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...
Festive Season Appeal
Looking for a gift idea for the fungi enthusiast who has everything?! Look no further than the Fungimap Festive Season Appeal! We are pleased to announce a new Fungimap Research Grant in 2022, in partnership with Australasian Mycological Society, to empower ci...
A very rare Cort in the Southern Hemisphere and also possibly in the Northern Hemisphere
By Susie Webster and Pat Leonard I was going for a nice walk in Landsborough, Queensland, back in late July and not really expecting to see any fungi let alone any interesting ones. Not a metre from the railway track, I noticed a nice looking puckered Bolete o...