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PUTTING AUSTRALIAN FUNGI on the MAP Inside This Edition: NEWS November 2005 PUTTING AUSTRALIAN FUNGI ON THE MAP wings) which parasitise ciid beetle larvae. Inside this Edition: The beetles feed on the context tissue of News from the Fungimap President ............1 polypores and other tough fungi. I am also Fungimap Committee..................................2 looking forward to finding some ‘Pleasing Interesting Groups.......................................2 Fungi Beetles’ of the family Erotylidae. From the editor…………………………….3 Membership Fees 2006……………………3 Katrina Syme (Fungimap Vice-President) Fungimap Bookshop………………...…….3 gave a thought-provoking talk about fungi in My memory and the problem of ever- regional natural resource management changing fungi names……………………..4 planning, a topic on which she has also A Belated Farewell......................................5 written in the recent special issue on Fungimap III, Gowrie Park, Tasmania ........6 cryptogam conservation in the journal Fungal News: Victoria ................................7 Australasian Plant Conservation. There are Fungal News: Tas., far north Qld ...............8 more than 50 regions across Australia set up Fungal News: south coast WA, NSW, SA ..9 to deliver natural resource management, but Acknowledgments: Fungimap Recorders..10 only the SCRIPT region in south-west Fungimap Office .......................................10 Western Australia has commissioned a technical report on fungi, to guide their management activities. NEWS FROM THE Katrina also pointed out that the word Biodiversity, as used in so many local, state FUNGIMAP and federal conservation and management PRESIDENT documents, means in practice just vertebrate animals and green plants, and fungi are completely overlooked in most arenas. Neale I have just returned from Brisbane, where I Bougher provided a rare example of the attended the very successful Fungi inclusion of fungi in a bushland management Conference organised by the Cubberla- plan; that for Bold Park, in Perth, W.A. Witton Catchments Network. The Conference was attended by 150 people, and It was heartening to see the efforts that the it was great to see the evident enthusiasm for organisers of the Queensland Fungi and interest in Queensland fungi and their Conference had gone to in engaging state conservation. Jutta Godwin and the team government politicians, the Brisbane City from Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Council and agencies such as the did a fantastic job of organising the Queensland Environment Protection Agency Conference, and drawing together a diverse and the Queensland Herbarium. Clearly and interesting panel of speakers. Very there is a need to integrate fungi into natural similar themes were covered by the twelve resource management planning in speakers as in the day of talks that we Queensland, and indeed in all local and state traditionally have at Fungimap conferences. government areas across Australia. Presentations ranged from a focus on specific fungi (Ramaria by Nigel Fechner) On the Fungimap front, the management to talks on mycophagous mammals and committee has met regularly (using fungi in bush regeneration. teleconferencing to bring together far flung committee members). A budget has been Chris Burwell (Queensland Museum) gave a prepared and we are looking ahead to fascinating presentation on invertebrates and planning for the next Fungimap Conference fungi. I’ll be looking much more closely in 2007. now at the various insects that are associated with fungi, and keeping an especial look out for the tiny eulophid wasps (with patterned (Continued page 3) Fungimap Newsletter 26 November 2005 CONTACTING FUNGIMAP Fungimap Central Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Telephone: (03) 9252 2374 Private Bag 2000 E-mail: [email protected] South Yarra VIC 3141 Website: http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/ Fungimap Committee 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] INTERESTING GROUPS NSW Vic Sydney Fungal Studies Group Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Fungi forays, talks and workshops in the Sydney area. Fungi Group Secretary: Donald Gover, Ph: (02) 9661 4898 Forays, monthly meetings & presentations. Email: [email protected] Contact: Geoff Lay, Ph: (03) 9898 4816 or Arthur Carew (03) 5968 4505 Central Coast Fungi Group Web: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~fncv then Calender of Fungi forays in the Central Coast region of NSW. Contact: Pam O’Sullivan Ph: (02) 4362 1543 Events SA WA Adelaide Fungal Studies Group Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Project Monthly meetings and forays during the fungi season. Fungi workshops, walks, surveys in Perth Urban bush areas. Contact: Pam Catcheside, Ph: (08) 8222 9379 Email: [email protected] Contact: Roz Hart, Ph: (08) 9334 0500 Email: [email protected] Qld WA Naturalists’ Club,Fungi Study Far north Queensland, Cairns region Group Contact: Sapphire McMullan-Fisher if interested in going Fungal forays, workshops, identification evenings and on casual fungi walks. Ph: 07 4093 8556 talks, based in Perth. Email: [email protected] Contact: WA Naturalists’ Club Email: [email protected] Tas Web: http://www.wanats.iinet.net.au/ Fungi Lovers Adventure Group (FLAG) Fungi activities in northern Tasmania. William Bay National Parks Contact: Sarah Lloyd Ph: (03) 6396 1380 Association,Fungi Studies Group Email: [email protected] Fungi forays around Denmark. Contact: Katrina Syme. Email: [email protected] 2 Fungimap Newsletter 26 November 2005 (Continued from Page 1) FROM THE EDITOR John Carpenter (Fungimap Treasurer) has been working on securing the public liability insurance This issue includes an article by Jurrie Hubregtse on the that is necessary these days. Once this insurance is in vexed question of name changes; also an account by our place, it will be possible for Fungimap to offer much-missed previous Coordinator, Cassia Read, on her support for informal, non-incorporated groups who present studies, a summary of Fungimap III, and news wish to hold fungal activities such as forays and from the Regions. workshops. Group members would need to join Fungimap, and there would need to be a designated The next issue, which is scheduled to come out in April contact person from the group. 2006, will be a colour edition. We welcome images of fungi, especially unusual or rare species. Contributions on As well as wishing to support non-incorporated name changes are also welcome and, of course, your groups with a focus on fungi, Fungimap is committed observations of the fungal world. to fostering links with a variety of existing groups, such as the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Fungi Articles should be no more than 800 words; images Group. One way that Fungimap can assist groups is should preferably be jpg, resolution at least 300dpi and by publicising group activities in the Forthcoming submitted in at least the size that they are to be published. Events section of the Fungimap Newsletter. Please Avoid images larger than 1mb (which are preferably to be send your events calendar to the Newsletter editor. posted on CD-ROM). The Fungimap Office is being maintained entirely by volunteers at present. Wendy Cook, Graham Please send articles and images to Pam Patterson and Libby Read have done a great job of ([email protected]) or Fungimap, RBG filling book orders and dealing with membership. Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, South Yarra, Victoria 3141 They have also started to make some headway into ([email protected]). the backlog of batches of Fungimap records that need to be added to the database. Graham has also been Deadline for the next issue is answering the amazing variety of enquiries that come Friday, 24th March 2006. in from all around Australia, often about stinkhorns, but including questions about all sorts of interesting fungi. The summer being a relatively quiet time for fungi (at least in southern Australia), we plan to recruit a new Fungimap Co-ordinator, and look forward to starting FUNGIMAP BOOKSHOP the fungus season next year with a bumper colour issue of the Fungimap Newsletter. As a service to members, various fungi books and other items are available for sale, including Fungi Down Tom May Under, a guide to the Fungimap target species. See order forms at the Fungimap website (<http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap>) or in Newsletter MEMBERSHIP FEES 2006 25, or write for an order form. Fungimap membership fees are due each year on the anniversary of joining. A reminder form will be sent out for memberships due each month. 2006 membership fees will remain the same as 2005. Ordinary $30 Concessional $25 Associate $10 (additional member at same address) STOP PRESS -ASEROE IN THE WEST The Anemone Fungus Aseroe rubra has recently Don't forget that you can still purchase the Fungimap been sighted in Western Australia for the first badge, with a distinctive design by Katrina Syme time, in bushland west of Denmark by Gay Blake. featuring Aseroe rubra. The badge is hard enamel with a The nearest known location is Adelaide, and brooch back fastening by a pin. Actual size 27 mm otherwise the Grampians in Victoria. diameter. Cost $10.00 plus $1.00 postage and handling. Fungimap Newsletter 26 November 2005 MY MEMORY AND THE PROBLEM OF EVER-CHANGING FUNGI NAMES by Jurrie Hubregtse Once again a familiar fungus whose name I had committed same genus. A corollary to this is that species within a to memory has changed! For some reason it has been genus do not necessarily have to have the same features.
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