Taxonomy: Part 2. The Tree of Life

Taxonomy: Part 2. The Tree of Life

In Part 1 we established that the taxonomy of organisms is a very useful and essential human concept if we are going to study biology, and we started to get a grasp of how that taxonomy works. We can also see why it changes from time to time as new information...

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Adelaide Fungal Studies Group Annual Report 2021-2022

Adelaide Fungal Studies Group Annual Report 2021-2022

AFSG Annual Report July 2021-July 2022 The AFSG has in the past year grown in membership and I have been impressed with the commitment of all the members to provide expertise to community groups in addition to providing expertise to AFSG forays, workshops and ...

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Taxonomy: Part 1. What is it?

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...

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Waite foray

Waite foray

The Waite Conservation Reserve, known to be the largest and best surviving Grey Box Grassy Woodland in South Australia, opened its gates for a fungi foray at the Springwood Park side on 23 July 2022. Thirty-five Friends of Waite CR (FWCR) who expressed enthus...

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Eureka Prize Finalists!

Eureka Prize Finalists!

We are thrilled to announce that Fungimap has been shortlisted as one of three Finalists in the 2022 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science, together with our partner organisations Murraylands and R...

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