Fungi play a fundamental role in sustaining life on Earth. Fungi are important, not only in their own right as a large component of biodiversity (an estimated 2.5 million species), but also because of its connections and support of other organisms along with t...

Article and images by Tijana Petrovic A wise mycologist once advised a group of fungi enthusiasts on learning to identify fungi: “Start with one genus, an easy one like Amanita, and learn the morphological characters listed on the identification sheet.&#...

By Sophie Green (Project Coordinator, Fungi for Function) We’ve now successfully reached the end of our first Fungi for Function pilot season, our citizen science grant project in South Australia! Our key achievements to date: We certainly had some chall...

An under-collected bird’s nest fungus, Mycocalia denudata by Pam and David Catcheside On a recent survey on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, in early August 2024, we collected a small bird’s nest fungus (PSC4956) growing on kangaroo dung; morphologically ...

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...