Have you uploaded observations on to an iNaturalist project or participated in a citizen science activity? If the answer is yes, then give yourself a pat on the back! The critical role of citizen scientists has been in the spotlight recently, in two related ar...
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Upcoming event: Cortinarius workshop in the Adelaide Hills
If you’re in Adelaide, come along to a workshop all about Cortinarius, one of Australia’s largest groups of native fungi! Saturday 22nd July, 1.30-3.30pm at Woorabinda Bushland Reserve (room 2), Stirling. The event is run by Fungimap research grant...
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...
The Great Aussie FungiQuest is live!
Watch Susie officially launch the FungiQuest here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trYB3eHKmO4 How to get involved in Australia’s largest fungi bioblitz! https://www.biosmart.life/ausfungiquest Log your fungi sightings from anywhere in Australia from 25...
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...