Come and learn more about the world of fabulous fungi with Fungimap accredited teacher Lyn Allison from Westgate Biodiversity.
Fungimap is a national non-profit community organisation dedicated to improving knowledge and conservation of Australian fungi. Their focus is on fungi in the natural environment.
The National Fungimap Database contains >100,000 records and 6500 images of fungi - available at the Atlas of Living Australia: www.ala.org.au
We will be meeting at The Bug Rug on Kororoit Creek (entry via the end of Sanders Ave, West Sunshine) where we will wander through the planting learning about the fungi we find.
This event is ticketed and capped at 12 attendees. Please register through Eventbrite here
Join us!
Please contact Jessica on 0449069962 with any questions.
Please check yourself for an symptoms of illness before attending and stay home if you are unwell.
About Lyn: Formerly a teacher, Lyn Allison was elected to the Australian Federal Parliament in 1996 and again in 2001. She chaired the Senate Environment References Committee for 7 years, negotiated 300 amendments to strengthen the EPBC and initiated several environment-related inquiries.
Since leaving the Senate, Lyn has served on numerous boards and committees of management including Fungimap. She chairs Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery and Landcare.
She is particularly interested in the biodiversity that results from revegetation of urban parks with indigenous plant species and the opportunities this offers for citizen science and understanding.
Westgate Park was a highly degraded 40 ha. site, used for the Westgate Bridge construction then formed into an undulating landscape with 1/3 of its area in shallow wetlands. It is 5km from Melbourne CBD, surrounded by industry, has a 1km boundary on the Yarra River and is close to Port Phillip Bay.
The site was planted by volunteers over 20 years with 300+ indigenous species. The biodiversity that ‘followed’ includes 160 bird species and 70 species of fungi.
Lyn began to photograph and record fungi in the Park ten years ago, and her need for identification led her to Fungimap. She is a strong advocate for fungal science, better public knowledge about the role of fungi and their conservation. She conducts fungi forays in the Park makes occasional presentations to interested groups and has presented at conferences in Portugal and Turkey for Fungimap.