Join the Fungi for Function team for our final year of citizen science surveys! We are searching for 28 fungi target species in stringybark bushland as part of a 3 year pilot research project. It’s a great opportunity to learn how to identify some common...

Fungi for Function is our grant-funded 3 year citizen science research project in South Australia, delivered in collaboration with 12 wonderful project partners. The research seeks to establish whether 28 distinctive target species within key fungi functional ...

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.&#...

The first pilot season of our new project in South Australia is well underway, and we would like to share some of the highlights so far! Together with citizen scientists, over the next 3 years this project seeks to answer research questions about whether targe...

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 ...