fungimap coordinator's report

March 2016

AUSTRALIA’S FUNGI MAPPING SCHEME

Inside this Edition Fungimap Coordinator's Report ......................................................................................................................... 1 Contacting Fungimap ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Fungi hunting on Deal Island ............................................................................................................................. 3 Fungimap records keep on coming in ................................................................................................................ 4 Fungi Down Under request ................................................................................................................................ 5 10 Things we can all do to help natural areas .................................................................................................... 5 Fungimap 2016 announcement .......................................................................................................................... 6 Book review: Admiring the fungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula ................................................................................ 7 Discovering the macrofungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula ................................................................................. 8 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................... 10

FUNGIMAP COORDINATOR'S REPORT

Sapphire McMullan-Fisher Greetings for 2016. I know the summer rains have meant that many people are getting to enjoy seeing fungi in summer. I spent a few enchanting days early in January in Mitchell River National Park and saw my favourite fungus Cyptotrama aspratum 'Gold Tufts' on a log in the Warm Temperate Rainforest near the Den of Nargun. This location has mycological interest as Mycena

nargan with its ‘glowing eyes’ (pale spots on the dark cap), was named after the mythical creature with glowing eyes of the Gunai/Kurnai people. Our online shop is going well with the recent addition of 'Admiring ‘The Fungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula’ see http://www.fungimap.org.au/index.php/bookshop/australian-field-guides/fungi-lower-eyre-1-detail. There is both a review of the new book and an associated story in this Newsletter. We are delighted to announce that Fungimap will be returning to Tasmania in May 2016 for a series of educational events and a Mycological Expedition to the Tarkine. For for more detail about this, please read further in the Fungimap Newsletter and on the Fungimap website. We are excited to report that the efforts of Global Fungal Red List Initiative and the Red List workshop have resulted in two Australasian species being included on the global Red List IUCN: Claustula fischeri and Boletopsis nothofagi. Fungimap aims to find funding to support the listing of other Australasian fungi. We are pleased to have gained funding as part of the Victorian Government Threatened Species Protection Initiative Community Volunteer Action Grants for the project to ‘Develop surveys,training and data collection systems to improve the conservation status of Tea-Tree Fingers.

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Hypocreopsis amplectens taken at Nyora, Victoria

(Image: Tom May CC BY-NC).

Tea Tree Fingers (Hypocreoposis amplectens

only macrofungus listed in Victoria and its listing and subsequent grant application were due to a few dedicated people to list this species. with the “listed species” structure funding is that the opportunities to apply for grants is restricted because there are so few listed fungi in Australia. There will be more about this upcoming project on our website and in the next NPlease contact me if you are interested in helping out as we hope to encourage more “data rich” surveysHypocreoposis.

CONTACTING FUNGIMAP

Fungimap Incorporated Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Private Bag 2000 South Yarra VIC 3141 Telephone: (03) 9252 2374

Fungimap Committee President

Tom May Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Private Bag 2000 South Yarra VIC 3141 Email: [email protected] Vice President Roz Hart Shenton Park, WA 6008

Secretary

Paul GeorgeC/Private Bag 2000South Yarra VIC 3141Email: Treasurer

Sara RombergGreEmail:

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taken at Nyora, Victoria

Hypocreoposis amplectens) is the sted in Victoria and its listing and

subsequent grant application were due to the efforts of ed people to list this species. One problem

with the “listed species” structure of conservation nities to apply for grants is

there are so few listed fungi in Australia. There will be more about this upcoming

Newsletter. Please contact me if you are interested in helping out as

ourage more “data rich” surveys for

As we are sending out less frequent Newsletters due to declining contributions, thlong list of record and image acknowledgements in the back pages of this issue. Regular recorders wouldknow that we usually have a to reply to submissions due to records and images. Please be assured your records and images will be incorporated into the Fungimap Database in due course.carefully working through all submitted recordsthe Fungimap ID team workare sent for identification. We backlog steadily while still encouragin records. We want to thank our volunregular donors. If you would like to see Fungimap continue raising the profile of Australia's incredible fungal diversity, please maintain your membership and consider donating an amount you can regularly afford. All donations by private individuals over $2 are tax deductible.

FUNGIMAP

Email: [email protected]: www.fungimap.org.auFax: 03 9252 2413

ABN 28 290 974 280

Secretary Paul George C/-Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Private Bag 2000 South Yarra VIC 3141 Email: [email protected]

Treasurer

Sara Romberg Greensborough, VIC 3088 Email: [email protected]

Committee Members

Nikki Bennetts272 Warnervale RdHamlyn Terrace NSW 2259Email: [email protected] Jasmine PackerUniversity of North Adelaide,

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are sending out less frequent Fungimap Newsletters due to declining contributions, there is a long list of record and image acknowledgements in the back pages of this issue. Regular recorders would know that we usually have a delay of several months to reply to submissions due to a processing backlog of

Please be assured your records and images will be incorporated into the Fungimap Database in due course. Our data volunteers are carefully working through all submitted records, with the Fungimap ID team working through the images we are sent for identification. We will work through the

still encouraging people to send

want to thank our volunteers and our generous regular donors. If you would like to see Fungimap continue raising the profile of Australia's incredible fungal diversity, please maintain your membership and consider donating an amount you can regularly afford.

vate individuals over $2 are tax

rg.au www.fungimap.org.au

Committee Members

Nikki Bennetts 272 Warnervale Rd Hamlyn Terrace NSW 2259 Email: [email protected]

Jasmine Packer University of Adelaide North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5005

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Fungi Hunting on Deal Island

In the winter of 2008, my husband, Angus and I decided to go north for the winter – to Deal Island in Bass Strait - we were then living in north east Tasmania and thought we would escape the chills of the Island State for a potentially warmer marine environment! Aside from the first week in June which was ‘Tassie perfect’ (warm calm daysexperienced Gale Force 12 (Hurricane winds of 102120 km/h) on several occasions and quite a of Force 6/7 (56 km/h).

Angus and the Dragon's Tail (Image: Alison

Moore).

The Kent Group of Islands is situated in Bass Strait approximately 80 km south-east of Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria and 60 km north west of the tip of Flinders Island. The Friends of Deal Island

member of Wildcare Inc, are a group of dedicated volunteers working in partnership with Parks and Wildlife Service(http://www.parks.tas.gov.au) to preserve, proenhance the natural and cultural values of Deal Island and the historically significant Deal Island Lighthouse and Lightstation. We are proud to be members of this group and hope that one day we will return to Deal for more wonderful experiences. In that blissful first week, we took the opportunity to discover our new environment; a rugged, at times hilly 6 km long x 4.5 km wide island, punctuated with rocky coves, hidden gullies, steep cliffs, green pasturelike glades (now thanks largely to the wallabies and Cape Barren Geese) and empty sandy beaches. I became fascinated by the variety, colours, shapes and different habitats in which we found fungi


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Fungi Hunting on Deal Island

Alison Moore

In the winter of 2008, my husband, Angus and I to Deal Island in

we were then living in north east t we would escape the chills of

the Island State for a potentially warmer marine environment! Aside from the first week in June which

warm calm days), we orce 12 (Hurricane winds of 102-

and quite a few days

(Image: Alison

is situated in Bass Strait east of Wilson’s

km north west of the tip The Friends of Deal Island, a

are a group of dedicated volunteers working in partnership with Tasmania

Parks and Wildlife Service to preserve, protect and

enhance the natural and cultural values of Deal Island and the historically significant Deal Island Lighthouse and Lightstation. We are proud to be members of this group and hope that one day we will return to Deal for

In that blissful first week, we took the opportunity to discover our new environment; a rugged, at times hilly

km wide island, punctuated with rocky coves, hidden gullies, steep cliffs, green pasture-like glades (now thanks largely to the island’s wallabies and Cape Barren Geese) and empty sandy beaches. I became fascinated by the variety, colours, shapes and different habitats in which we found fungi

and hence, my project and a lot of fun began, with a resolve to put this small document ifor the Island’s library and volunteers.

Overlooking Murray Passage

Moore).

Our initial agreed task with Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service to remove and start from scratch the island’s vegetable gardenproof fenced garden with a proper door, sink (retrieved from the island tip), tools board, raised vegetable beds and a Casuarina (She-Oak) mulch between beds. The design was actually carried out prior to our arrivorder for us to have matalways something you forgetremote location calls upon resourcefulness excellence. Timber required for the raised vegetable beds construction came from Little Squally Cove, a drive and walk of around an hourhauled, roped together and walked out of a rocky narrow cove, 90x90 mm perfect cargo dunnage or rough sawn timber beams. This provided another perfect opportunity for me to discover and photograph fungi, lichen and tough leathegrowing interest and journal additions. Fungi hunting, photographing and identifying specimens quickly became an obsession once we had completed our first task. participant in creating the best possible taking the photos as good an image as possible on my Canon G11. Seeing fungi I missed and importantly, temporarily removing any pesky foliage or barrier to seeing most if not all of the specimens. In winter the days close in prematurely and


and hence, my project and a lot of fun began, with a resolve to put this small document into a readable form for the Island’s library and volunteers.

Overlooking Murray Passage (Image: Alison

agreed task with Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service to remove and start from scratch the island’s vegetable garden; design and build a fauna-proof fenced garden with a proper door, sink (retrieved from the island tip), tools board, raised vegetable beds

Oak) mulch between beds. The design was actually carried out prior to our arrival in order for us to have materials on hand. But, there is always something you forget, isn’t there? Being in a remote location calls upon resourcefulness par

. Timber required for the raised vegetable beds construction came from Little Squally Cove, a

nd an hour. Fifteen times we hauled, roped together and walked out of a rocky

mm perfect cargo dunnage or rough sawn timber beams. This provided another perfect opportunity for me to discover and photograph fungi, lichen and tough leathery ferns, all adding to my growing interest and journal additions.

Fungi hunting, photographing and identifying specimens quickly became an obsession once we had

our first task. Angus was a most willing participant in creating the best possible conditions for

as good an image as possible on my eeing fungi I missed and importantly,

temporarily removing any pesky foliage or barrier to seeing most if not all of the specimens. In winter the days close in prematurely and thus the identification


process commences. As a new convert to fungi, I was pretty much in the dark having no field guides available on the island and very brief internet periods to try and caption the photos correctly. Further corrections will take place over time. Mat Fungimap, in particular to Sapphire McMullanFisher for her interest in this project. My wish is to see this initial Fungi Guide to Deal Island grow in content and strength and be a source of information and delight for those interested in this fascinating subject.

‘Twin’ Cordyceps gunnii - Dark Vegetable

Caterpillar (Image: Alison Moore).

FUNGIMAP RECORDS KEEP ON COMING Fungimap continues to be contacted by adedicated enthusiasts to interested amateursfrom around Australia. When Russell Watson from Morayfield, Queensland, fomysterious slime mould climbing up his pea seedling he sent photos and details to Fungimap for identification. This turned out to be the 100th picture and the 213th record of Fungimap.

Sporulating Fuligo septica on a climbing pea seedling

(Image: Russell Watson).


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process commences. As a new convert to fungi, I was pretty much in the dark having no field guides available on the island and very brief internet periods to try and caption the photos correctly. Further

My thanks to all at Fungimap, in particular to Sapphire McMullan-Fisher for her interest in this project. My wish is to see

grow in content and strength and be a source of information and

interested in this fascinating subject.

Dark Vegetable

Amanita xanthocephala

(Image: Alison Moore).

Fungimap Notes As of November 2015 a search in the Atlas of LivingAustralia for records of fungi from the Kent Group found 287 lichen records and only four records of macrofungi. Alison and Angus’s contributions will more than triple the number of macrofungi known from Deal Island and the Kent Group of Islands.

NGIMAP RECORDS KEEP ON COMING!

Fungimap continues to be contacted by a broad range of people - from amateurs - with records of sightings

When Russell Watson from Morayfield, Queensland, found a mysterious slime mould climbing up his pea seedling he sent photos and details to Fungimap for identification. This turned out to be the

record of Fuligo septica submitted to

mbing pea seedling


Amanita xanthocephala - Vermilion Grisette

As of November 2015 a search in the Atlas of Living for records of fungi from the Kent Group

found 287 lichen records and only four records of Alison and Angus’s contributions will

more than triple the number of macrofungi known from Deal Island and the Kent Group of Islands.


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FUNGI DOWN UNDER 2nd edition: Request for images I am pulling together a number of introductory pages for most of the fungi that will be included in

the second edition of Fungi Down Under. I am looking for photographs of non-target species with

which to compare targets. At this stage I would be grateful for images of Thelephora terrestris,

Clathrus ruber, Mutinus caninus, M. cartilagineus, M. curtus and Pseudocolus fusiformis. There will be

other species I will be requesting as I continue with the chapters.

We are also still seeking further images of new target species. Please send images from the list on

the Fungimap website (http://fungimap.org.au/index.php/learn-about-fungi/fdu-online/targets).

Please send all images directly to Fungimap

([email protected]).

It is preferred that images are accompanied by a record

sheet (http://fungimap.org.au/index.php/submit-a-

record/record-fungi), so that the locality where the picture

was taken can be added to the Fungimap database.

Pam Catcheside, Co-editor, Fungi Down Under 2nd edition.

Images wanted of fungi like Stinkhorn Clathrus

ruber (Image: SJM McMullan-Fisher).

What can we all can do to help natural areas?

In October 2015, three science and conservation organisations hosted a 2-day symposium in

Melbourne called Managing Victoria’s Biodiversity under Climate Change. Organised by the Victorian

National Parks Association, The Royal Society of Victoria and The University of Melbourne’s Bio21

Institute, the symposium was sponsored by Parks Victoria and the Victorian Department of

Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

As we know, diverse ecosystems provide homes for thousands of species of plants and animals - and

importantly, fungi. As climate change intensifies, many of these ecosystems will change and the

natural areas that our children and grand-children will experience in 2050 will look and feel very

different to the places that we have cherished.

The symposium asked: What can we do to leave the natural areas we value in the best condition

possible? What practical steps can we all take to help nature adapt to a new climate?

A newly launched website describes

10 things we all can do to help natural areas adapt to a new climate:

www.vicnature2050.org


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Fungimap Northern Tasmania 2016

Tasmania's wet forests are a hotspot of fungal diversity. Fungimap has had several expeditions to the Tarkine that have contributed to understanding of Australian Fungi. However it is obvious there is so much more to do in Tasmania! We plan return May 2016 to conduct four days of educational activities followed by a Mycological Expedition to the Tarkine based at Waratah. You can help support these events in a number of ways:

• Sponsor the event – please contact us • Donate to the crowd source campaign – March 2016 • Attend public events May 2016

Proposed Public Events:

Dates Location

Tue 17 May 2016, 7:30 pm Talk about Fungi by Tom May for the Australian Plants Society Tasmania Inc. At the Max Fry Hall, Trevallyn.

Wed 18 May 2016 Fungi Walks, Liffey Valley near Westbury. Thur 19 May 2016, 6:30 pm Talks about fungi by Sarah Lloyd and Tom May. At Cradle Coast

NRM, 1-3 Spring Street, Burnie. Sat 21 – Sun 22 May 2016 Fungi walks, talks and display, based at Elma Fagan Hall,

Waratah.

For more information and updates:

http://fungimap.org.au/index.php/events/fungimap-northern-tasmania-2016

Mycena interrupta and Leucoagaricus sp. from the Fungimap Tarkine 2012 Expedition

North Central Naturalists


New Book Review

Admiring the fungi of Lower Eyre Peninsula:

fungi of the region. Brian Saunders (2015) The study of fungi is not easy. Particularly in a country with such a diverse, mostly unnamed, mycoflora and lack of easily accessible Australian specific scientific papers or basic fieldguide to fungi of an area is to take undetraining and hard work. As a regional guide to a poorly known mycoflora, this book does a lovely job to guide the novice and the ‘not so novice’ alike into admiring the weird and wonderful world of fungi. Brian has provided a beautifully illustrated, well documented (spore measurements and short descriptions), and somewhat idiosyncratic guide to some widespread as well as some likely unique species. Oh, and joy of joys, macollections of most (in the South Australian Herbarium, AD), so that further taxonomic work on unidentified taxa can be accomplished in the future. Some people may not like to see ‘Tricholoma ‘orange-socks’ or ‘?Coprinellus’

however I think these ‘tag designations’ are useful: they highlight what appear to be distinct taxa, to the ‘best care and dedicated research’ that Brian (and his mentor P. Catcheside) could refine. These are teasers: maybe someone does have an idea of an official name, or more likely they are in fact unnamed taxa; at least there will now be consistency in applying tag names. Perhaps someone from another region thinks they have the same un-named species? The introduction is full of useful basics, lovely illustphotographs, and regional information helpful to those new to the area or wanting to explore further. Breaking the following chapters into Basidiomycetes with gills, Basidiomycetes without gills, and Ascomycetes, then listing species alphabetically within these, makes it relatively easy to find something- if you know what you are looking for. Having said that, the photos are sufficient to ‘picturealike, and then learn a name and more information.

I do have a couple of minor issues. It's a little unfortunate that the margins on all pages are so small as it makes the text appear crowded. Also, the named species should also have a reference to at least one of the collections that it is based upon, just like the un-named taxa do. [collection numbers, will be made available on request].

The excitement and passion of all those who go hunting for fungal treasures should be supported, however, those like Brian who take it that next step and help guide others to this amazing field of discovery should be applauded. I hope this guide generates lots of interest in investigating the fungi of other areas, and an appreciation of the amazing colours, textures and beauty of this amazing group.

Dr Teresa Lebel, Senior Mycologist, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

'Admiring The Fungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula' is for sale in the Fungimap shophttp://www.fungimap.org.au/index.php/bookshop/australian


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Admiring the fungi of Lower Eyre Peninsula: A preliminary guide to the larger

fungi of the region. Brian Saunders (2015)

not easy. Particularly in a country with such a diverse, mostly unnamed, mycoflora and lack of easily accessible Australian specific scientific papers or basic field-guides. To take on the job of producing a field guide to fungi of an area is to take undertake a steep learning curve. It is lovely to see the fruition of 5

As a regional guide to a poorly known mycoflora, this book does a lovely job to guide the novice and the ‘not so novice’

eird and wonderful world of fungi. Brian has provided a beautifully illustrated, well documented (spore measurements and short descriptions), and somewhat idiosyncratic guide to some widespread as well as some likely unique species. Oh, and joy of joys, made herbarium collections of most (in the South Australian Herbarium, AD), so that further taxonomic work on unidentified taxa can be accomplished in the future. Some people may not like to see

Coprinellus’ published, r I think these ‘tag designations’ are useful: they

highlight what appear to be distinct taxa, to the ‘best care and dedicated research’ that Brian (and his mentor P. Catcheside) could refine. These are teasers: maybe someone does have an

al name, or more likely they are in fact un-named taxa; at least there will now be consistency in applying tag names. Perhaps someone from another region thinks they

The introduction is full of useful basics, lovely illustrative photographs, and regional information helpful to those new to the area or wanting to explore further. Breaking the following chapters into Basidiomycetes with gills, Basidiomycetes without gills, and Ascomycetes, then listing species

within these, makes it relatively easy to find if you know what you are looking for. Having said that, the photos are sufficient to ‘picture

alike, and then learn a name and more information.

t's a little unfortunate that the margins on all pages are so small as it makes the text appear crowded. Also, the named species should also have a reference to at least one of the collections that it is

named taxa do. [Note I am told that an appendix, listing all the species in the book with collection numbers, will be made available on request].

The excitement and passion of all those who go hunting for fungal treasures should be supported, however, those like it that next step and help guide others to this amazing field of discovery should be applauded. I hope

this guide generates lots of interest in investigating the fungi of other areas, and an appreciation of the amazing amazing group.

Dr Teresa Lebel, Senior Mycologist, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

'Admiring The Fungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula' is for sale in the Fungimap shophttp://www.fungimap.org.au/index.php/bookshop/australian-field-guides/fungi


A preliminary guide to the larger

not easy. Particularly in a country with such a diverse, mostly unnamed, mycoflora and lack of guides. To take on the job of producing a field

rtake a steep learning curve. It is lovely to see the fruition of 5-6 years of self

if you know what you are looking for. Having said that, the photos are sufficient to ‘picture-key’ to a look

t's a little unfortunate that the margins on all pages are so small as it makes the text appear crowded. Also, the named species should also have a reference to at least one of the collections that it is

am told that an appendix, listing all the species in the book with

The excitement and passion of all those who go hunting for fungal treasures should be supported, however, those like it that next step and help guide others to this amazing field of discovery should be applauded. I hope

this guide generates lots of interest in investigating the fungi of other areas, and an appreciation of the amazing

'Admiring The Fungi of the Lower Eyre Peninsula' is for sale in the Fungimap shop: guides/fungi-lower-eyre-1-detail


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Discovering the macrofungi of the Lower Eyre Penisula

Brian Saunders

Until recently, my involvement with macro-fungi has been essentially culinary although I have had a keen interest in the native plants of South Australia so that, inevitably, occasional native ‘toadstools’ have caught the eye. I made desultory efforts to identify them and purchased, over the years, JB Cleland’s handbook, Bougher and Syme’s beautiful work and the daunting tome produced by Cheryl Grgurinovic. None of these was sufficient to launch me into the world of the amateur mycologist. Then, in August 2011, I attended Pam Catcheside’s Port Lincoln workshop on the identification of macro-fungi. Pam’s enthusiasm and expertise were catalytic. After the workshop its facilitator, Katrina Pobke, circulated a questionnaire, requesting suggestions for means to raise awareness of the significance of fungi in our region, Lower Eyre Peninsula. I had previously prepared and published a small book on our marine life and thought that a small illustrated book on the fungi might be appropriate; Katrina encouraged me to proceed with this. Pam offered to help so this was the beginning of a four year effort to locate, photograph, describe, preserve and attempt to identify our common fungi.

Laetiporus portentosus (Image: BGS). Originally I intended to present a field guide but soon realised that full identification of even our most common fungi was frequently impossible. For this reason I modified the format so that the result is part field guide blended with something in the nature of a celebration of the diversity of these intriguing organisms. This is my devious way of saying that I couldn’t bear to exclude beautiful fungi just because,

through no fault of their own, I was unable to name them.

Austropaxillus infundibuliformis (Image: BGS).

Pam’s guidance at every stage was indispensable. She was generous with time and effort and was encouraging and apparently optimistic throughout. I appealed for help on many occasions and was often conscious of running off at tangents. At one stage I thought that it must seem to Pam that she was driving a car with bad steering and no brakes – I said as much but she was still reassuring. There are doubtless errors in the text and I claim an author’s privilege of responsibility for all of them.

Dacryopinax spathularia (Image: BGS).

The work had high spots and low spots. Among the former were a couple of field trips shared with Pam and David Catcheside: slow, eyes-on-the-ground progresses through likely tracts of mallee and sheoak, Pam with collecting materials, David with his camera on a monopod in one hand and his truffle rake in the


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other. On another day I had a most unsettling moment on a steep slope when my vehicle’s mud-coated tyres lost all traction and it slowly slid sideways downhill, eventually coming to rest against an embankment. During the slow slide I had time to try turning the wheel, braking and accelerating but none of these functions had the least effect. The horn still worked but did not provide much comfort. As in so many parts of Australia the native vegetation of Lower Eyre Peninsula has been decimated by land clearance and the spread of introduced plants. In spite of this, substantial tracts of various native plant communities can be found and some are now afforded the protection of national parks, conservation parks and reserves. I sampled only a tiny proportion of the region but re-visited sites that were characterised by a variety of habitats: coastal heath, vegetated dunes, mallee forest, mixed sheoak and teatree woodland, melaleuca shrubland and forests of large eucalypts (sugar gum, river red gum, water gum). The last of these, water gum (alias Eyre Peninsula blue gum), was restricted largely to damp spots in hilly regions and has suffered badly from clearance.

Scutellinia scutellata group (Image: BGS).

Regenerating water gum forest (Image: BGS). A steep hillside that supports a remnant water gum community (recovering from a fire 10 years ago) was the most fruitful site of all, yielding a great diversity of gilled species and colourful ascomycetes. The access road was impassable for weeks at a time after heavy rain and there were other trials: mosquitoes, thorny wattles and road verges of deep mud to name a few. The regenerating water gum seedlings themselves were so close together in some parts that it was not possible to squeeze between them. As you may imagine, this was my favourite spot. I found and photographed some beautiful fungi but am painfully aware that they represent only a small fraction of the diversity of the macro-mycota of the region. It has been a privilege to study this group of organisms, albeit in an amateur capacity. They have in common with all other living beings an intricacy of structure and function that repays study abundantly.

Interesting fungi links for new fungal facts

Slime mould finds by Sarah Lloyd and the 'Disjunct naturalists':

http://www.disjunctnaturalists.com/slime-mould-log/index.htm

Ascomycetes on bryophytes - Dr. Peter Döbbeler in Munich, Germany

http://www.sysbot.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/en/people/doebbeler/


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Acknowledgements: funding, volunteers and supporters

Principal Sponsor Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria provides significant in-kind assistance to Fungimap Inc. through hosting the Fungimap office and providing IT and administrative support for Fungimap staff and volunteers. We greatly appreciate the substantial support from our regular donors Meddwyn Coleman, Frances Guard and Blanche Higgins.

Records Thanks to the following who have sent in fungi records. Please note: there is a backlog of records in the system so some contributions have not yet been logged.

Records Images logged retained

Australia (by email) Rina Aleman 1 2 John Blackhawk 1 1 Marc Campobasso 1 1 Andrew Cole 1 2 Cheryl Costin 2 2 Kirstin Crothers 1 1 Kathleen Crowley 1 1 Hunor Csutoros 1 2 Marghanita da Cruz 2 2 Emma Fisher Darby 1 1 Bill Edwards 1 1 Ted Finnie 1 1 Sue Fisher 1 1 Thommo Frazer 1 2 Fungimap Inc 109 112 Dale and Rebecca Fyfe 1 0 Jan Gillett 2 2

Shane Gray 1 1 Semsudin Hasanovic 1 2 Irene Hills 1 1 Joey Hona 1 1 Max Kear 1 1 Christine Kent 2 1 Steve Kirby 1 1 Michele Kwok 3 3 Fiona Leighton 1 1 Rebecca Lin 1 1 Cheryl Macaulay 1 1 Sue McMahon 1 3 Lyn Meredith 25 0 Anne Moorcroft 1 1 Alison and Angus Moore 1 1

Catherine Moser 1 1Warwick Nash 1 1Ben Neville 1 1Luke Olver 1 1Frank Ondrus 1 1Daniel Palamara 5 5Tony Paul 1 2Terry Penman 1 1Sally Perkins 4 4Linda Reinhold 1 1Anne Ringrose 1 1Heather Rose 1 1James Rowlands 2 2Justin Schreiweis 2 3David Smith 1 1Simone Stevenson 1 1Jason Sulda 1 1Josh Thomas 1 1Matthew Tine 1 1Sharynne Wade 1 1Carmen Woolich 1 1 ACT Sonya Gasser 3 3 NSW Ken Beath 1 1John Behrens 2 0Michael Bell 1 1Martin and Frances Butterfield 3 1Andrew Campbell 1 1Norm Clarke 2 3Fiona Duggan 1 2Michelle Falson 1 1Wendy and Phillip Grimm 1 1Barry Kemp 2 2Julie Macrae 1 3Marita Macrae 3 3Steve McGrath 1 1Peter McHugh 1 0Alison Moore 30 30Phillip Mudge 1 3Michael Mulholland-Licht 1 1Les Peto 1 1


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Bev Robinson and Jenny Talbot 7 8 Paul Scannell 2 2 Wanda Tekiela 2 3 Shannen Twine 1 1 Teresa Van Der Heul 81 0 Geoff Willett 1 1 Juliette Williams 1 2 Bronwyn Wright 1 1 QLD

Jeremy Arnold 1 1 Trevor Galletly 1 1 Joy Ganter 1 3 Rod Hobson 4 0 Robert Hutchison 1 1 Caitlin Jane 1 1 Kathryn Johnston 1 1 Jane Leadley 1 1 Ray Palmer 10 10 Megan Prance 2 2 Harvey Stone 2 3 Paul Vallier 14 14 Linda Venn 1 1 Russell Watson 1 1 SA

Pamela Catcheside and Adelaide Fungal Studies Group 418 Brian Saunders 97 0 TAS

Central North Field Naturalists 52 0 Tony Press 1 2 VIC David Barrett 1 1 Robert Bender 24 17 Bryan Campbell 1 1 Wendy Cook 17 0 Louise Currie 1 1 John Eichler 2 2 Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 701 47 Mick Hastings 1 1 Elizabeth Hatfield 5 5 Louise Honman 1 1 Julie-Anne Justus 1 2 Eileen Laidlaw 17 21 Jean Lightfoot 48 0 Ivan Margitta 61 0 Tony McCready 1 1 Malcolm McKinty 43 32 Dave & Lyn Munro 34 0 Graham Patterson 24 2 Win Pietsch 26 0 Alison Pouliot 35 0 Reiner Richter 37 26 Robin Sharp 1 1 Neil Tucker 61 61 Faye Vyner 9 8 David Watts 1 1

WA

Elaine & Peter Davison 83 0Lee Fontanini 1 1Emma Gill 1 1Mike Heffernan 1 1Fran Jackson 1 1Ted Leech 1 1Virginia Linke 1 1Sapphire McMullan-Fisher 34 0Jennifer Messina 1 2Marianne Roycroft 1 1Katrina Syme 18 6Kirsten Tullis 600 600

Volunteers Thanks to our regular volunteers: Wendy Cook, Hannah Noorda, Graham Patterson, Ben Sharp and Lachlan Tegart. We are also grateful the efforts of our management committee: Tom May, Paul George, Nikki Bennetts, Jasmin Packer, Roz Hart and Sara Romberg.

Donations We are delighted that species have been sponsored by: Anne Sheedy, The Flamsteed Family and The Lilford-Smith Family. If you would like to sponsor a species please visit: fungimap.org.au/index.php/get-involved/sponsor-a-species.

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Fungimap Newsletter 55 was edited by Christina Hall.

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