Conservation Walk and Talk Series: Meeting with Mushrooms

For this fungal ecology and identification workshop, you’ll meet Alison Pouliot, an expert in philosophy, zoology and mycology. She is an ecologist, environmental photographer and author and has presented over 850 environmental seminars, forays and workshops in Australia and internationally. This workshop introduces participants to the diversity of the Kingdom Fungi and the basic principles of fungus identification, including fungi from the various local habitat types and those from further afield. In addition to the ecological and mycological aspects, we will also look at cultural aspects of fungi such as edibility and toxicity and their various utilitarian uses. There will be opportunity for participants to examine and handle fungus specimens.

For more information please contact: Sustainable.planning@whittlesea.vic.gov.au