Episode 10: Sporopod Short - Join the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt 2024!
The Sporopod is joining the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt of 2024, and wants you to join too! Here’s a short episode about how and why YOU should take part in this great citizen science initiative.
Resources and Links
Fungimap is hosting the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt of 2024. You can find out more here. There is also a handy guide to taking fungi photos and learning how to describe your fungi for easier identification by the experts:
HOW-TO-DESCRIBE-MY-FUNGUS.pdf (fungimap.org.au)
Fungimap also produce a useful guide to 100 ‘target species’, selected because they are reasonably easy to identify in the field, have enough recorded observations to allow a general picture of distribution, cover a range of fungal groups and include a number that are rare:
Fungi Down Under - the Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi.
For people based in Queensland, the Queensland Mycological Society (QMS) has a heap of resources about fungi in Queensland, including fungi guides, keys, workshops, and forays. Free downloads include these:
Vanessa Ryan’s handy guide to lichens: A Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Lichens in in Queensland. (And, while not a QMS resource, here is a link to a short guide to Lichen photography with a Smartphone)