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June 2006 A U S T R A LIA ’S FU N G I M A PPIN G S CH EM E Inside this Edition: Australian Geographic commissioned News from the Fungimap President ............1 photographer Jason Edwards to accompany Contacting Fungimap ..................................2 the expedition. We are eagerly awaiting the Fungi Interest Groups..................................2 results of his endeavors, which involved From the Editor. ..........................................3 much crouching in mud whilst being The Hawaiian fungus Agaricus rotalis in sheltered by an umbrella. Australia by Neale Bougher ........................4 Rhacophyllus lilacinus in the Kimberley Fungimap Strategy Region of WA by Matthew Barrett .............5 Whilst in Tasmania, the Fungimap Dung beetles with a taste for mushrooms Committee discussed strategy for the by Chris Burwell .........................................6 coming year. Four areas were identified as Fungi in William Bay NP, WA priorities: (1) organise Fungimap IV by Katrina Syme..........................................7 Conference, (2) reprint Fungi Down Under, Fungimap - colour supplement....................8 with possibility of expanding target species, Slime Moulds. Report on talk given by (3) revamp website, including on-line maps, Paul George, by Virgil Hubregtse .............13 and (4) explore preparation of manuals and Two new fungi in SA by Pam Catcheside .14 reference material for use in identification A butterfly and a stinkhorn by Heino Lepp15 and information workshops. Cotylidia undulata: a rare species in Europe by Richard Robinson.....................15 Bumper Season Perth Urban bushland Fungi Project by Steady rain over the last month in Roz Hart ....................................................16 Melbourne has produced a bumper mushroom season. In the Royal Botanic Gardens and surrounds I have seen prolific fruiting of Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria, in N EW S FR O M T H E FU N G IM A P many places for the first time in the dozen years that I have been at the Gardens. It is PR ES ID EN T very interesting to think that fungi like this might be present as mycelium, but only Tarkine Expedition produce fruit bodies in years of exceptional The Fungimap Tarkine expedition in April rain. The Fly Agaric is with Oaks, along was very successful. Fungi were plentiful, with abundant Death Cap Amanita and so was rain. More than 200 collections phalloides and a variety of other exotic were made, many documenting new and mycorrhizal fungi including species of interesting species. Exciting finds included Xerocomus, Hebeloma, Cortinarius and the first sighting of Humidicutis arcohastata Laccaria. It is also with Deodar Cedrus from Tasmania, a wonderful green-capped deodara, which is not a host I have waxcap that turns pink in age, and the first previously noticed, although quite consistent collections of the truffle Richoniella from with the occurrence of Fly Agaric under Tasmania (this is a close relative of other members of the Pinaceae such as Entoloma, with the same angular spores). Pinus. The large Laccaria sp. A was abundant under Myrtle Beech. Another Beech specialists was the blue Cortinarius (Continued on page 3) metallicus. Fungim ap N ew sletter 28 J une 2006 CO N T A CT IN G FU N G IM A P Fungim ap Central Royal Botanic G ardens M elbourne T elephone: (03) 9252 2374 Private B ag 2000 E-m ail: [email protected] S outh Y arra V IC 3141 W ebsite: http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/ Fungim ap Com m ittee President Secretary Committee Members Tom May Teresa Lebel Pam Catcheside Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne 72 Eve Road Private Bag 2000 Private Bag 2000 Bellevue Heights SA 5050 South Yarra VIC 3141 South Yarra VIC 3141 E-mail: E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Treasurer Sarah Lloyd Katrina Syme John Carpenter 999 Denmans Road RMB 1020 C/-Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birralee Tas 7303 South Coast Hwy Private Bag 2000 E-mail: [email protected] Denmark WA 6333 South Yarra VIC 3141 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] FU N G I IN T ER ES T G R O U PS N S W V ic S y d n e y F u n g a l S t u d i e s G ro u p F i e ld N a t u ra li s t s C lu b o f V i c t o r i a , Fungi forays, talks and workshops in the Sydney area. F u n g i G ro u p Secretary: Donald Gover, Ph: (02) 9661 4898 Forays, monthly meetings & presentations. Email: [email protected] Contact: Geoff Lay, Ph: (03) 9898 4816 C e n t r a l C o a s t F u n g i G ro u p or Arthur Carew (03) 5968 4505 Fungi forays in the Central Coast region of NSW. Web: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~fncv then Calendar of Events Contact: Pam O’Sullivan Ph: (02) 4362 1543 Email: [email protected] W A P e r t h U r b a n B u s h la n d F u n g i P r o 6e c t S A Fungi workshops, walks, surveys in Perth Urban bush A d e la i d e F u n g a l S t u d i e s G r o u p areas. Monthly meetings and forays during the fungi season. Contact: Roz Hart, Ph: (08) 9334 0500 Contact: Pam Catcheside, Ph: (08) 8222 9379 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Sarah de Bueger. Email: [email protected] W A N a t u r a li s t s ’ C lu b ,F u n g i S t u d y Q ld G r o u p Brisbane Fungal forays, workshops, identification evenings and Q ueensland M ycological S ociety talks, based in Perth. Jutta Godwin: [email protected], Contact: WA Naturalists’ Club Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.wanats.iinet.net.au/ T as F u n g i L o v e r s A d v e n t u r e G ro u p (F L A G ) W i lli a m B a y N a t i o n a l P a r k s Fungi activities in northern Tasmania. A s s o c i a t i o n ,F u n g i S t u d i e s G ro u p Contact: Sarah Lloyd Ph: (03) 6396 1380 Fungi forays around Denmark. Email: [email protected] Contact: Katrina Syme. Email: [email protected] 2 Fungim ap N ew sletter 28 J une 2006 (Continued from page 1.) Fungimap IV The fourth national Fungimap Conference will be held in FR O M T H E ED IT O R southern Queensland in Autumn 2007. Teresa Lebel and Katie Syme have commenced planning for the Conference, and they are currently considering a suitable venue and This is the promised ‘bumper’ issue containing articles and time. We are very pleased to be liaising closely with the colour insert. We hope you enjoy it. The editorial panel newly formed Queensland Mycological Society on the and the Fungimap committee welcome your comments organisation of the 2007 Conference. about present issues and your suggestions for future newsletters. We’ll do our best to accommodate them. New Co-ordinator A warm welcome to Sarah Jacob, the new Fungimap Co- Newsletter 28 contains articles ranging from new records ordinator. Sarah has been working as a Ranger at Royal of native and introduced species, fascinating observations Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. She brings to the position of fungi/insect inter-relationships, to some of the experience in working with community groups, an interest wonderful survey work that is happening in the country. in the environment, and expertise in computers, especially New records include Neale Bougher’s report of the databases. Sarah will be in the Fungimap office each discovery, in several localities in the Perth region, of a Tuesday and Wednesday. recently described agaric from the Hawaiian Islands; Matt Barrett describes his and his brother’s find in the Tom May Kimberley of Rhacophyllus lilacinus, a species that is not only beautiful but has an extraordinary method of spore production. Chris Burwell tells of dung beetles using mushrooms both as food and to make brood balls for their young. Katrina Syme shows us some of the fungal diversity in William Bay Park, WA. Virgil Hubregtse gives a report on Paul George’s talk on slime moulds, timely in view of the proposed new Fungimap ‘myxotargets’. Pam Catcheside reports two introduced 8th International but previously unrecorded gasteromycetes for SA. An interesting observation of a butterfly’s behaviour on a Mycological Congress stinkhorn is made by Heino Lepp. Richard Robinson Cairns, Australia ~20-25 August 2006 requests sightings of a fungus associated with burnt sites; the species is rare in Europe but possibly more common in On behalf of the Australasian Mycological Society, southern Australia. To round off the smorgasbord, Roz we cordially invite our colleagues in the mycology Hart shows what a band of dedicated and enthusiastic community to participate in the 8th International fungal hunters are achieving in WA. All in all, the articles Mycological Congress, which will be held in Cairns, demonstrate that fungology is very much alive around tropical north Queensland in 2006. This will be the Australia. first time the International Mycological Congress will be held in the Southern Hemisphere.