Come and learn more about the world of fabulous fungi with Fungimap accredited teacher Lyn Allison from Westgate Biodiversity.

There are two sessions available:

10am-11am:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../fungi-ramble-10am...

11.30am-12.30pm:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../fungi-ramble-1130am...

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.

Both sessions will be at The Bug Rug (entry at 59 Sanders Ave, West Sunshine)

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

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.

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.

Please contact Jessica on 0449069962 with any questions.

Please stay home if you are unwell.