Fungal Ecology online course

Australian Fungal Ecology

with Sapphire McMullan-Fisher
from Fungi4Land www.fungi4land.com

Dates: most Wednesday evenings 6:30-7:30 pm online from 28 Sept to 30 Nov 2022

This Australian focused Fungal ecology course will lead you through the roles fungi play in terrestrial ecosystem. This includes:

• As recyclers of nutrients
• Partnering with other organisms like mycorrhizal associations with plants.
• Fungi in soils and as part of Biocrusts
• Biosecurity and understanding problem fungi
• Animal interactions
• Fungal responses to fire
• Integrating fungi into indigenous ecosystem restoration
• Fungi conservation including global IUCN RED list fungi

Recordings will be available for a limited time incase people miss a session or want to revise.

About Sapphire:

Sapphire is an ecologist who has special interest in the conservation of biodiversity, particularly the macrofungi and mosses. She did her doctorate at the University of Tasmania on ‘Surrogates for cryptogam conservation – associations between mosses, macrofungi, vascular plants and environmental variables.’ In 2018 with Roz Hard and many Australasian Mycologists and amateurs in ‘love’ with fungi, started the project to develop a land management book for Australian Fungi with the working title Fungi4Land. Sapphire has been involved with many Australian fungi groups including MYCOmmunity, QMS and Fungimap. She is a representative on International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Specialist Groups: Species Monitoring and Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball. She is also active with Australian scientific groups like the Education Subcommittee of the Australasian Mycological Society, Australian Bryophyte Workshops and community groups including many Field Naturalist Clubs and Landcare groups and Australian Plants Societies. To read more about her research profile in Research Gate and LinkedIn.

Although this course is stand alone, if you want to get a more rounded understanding of fungi including fungal basics like biology, and applied subjects like culturing & growing mushroom we encourage you to take MYCOmmunity's online mycology and other courses.

Tickets:
Tickets are available to anyone who fits the requirements for the specific tickets (member, concession, etc).

Funded ticket:
This $200 ticket is partially funded. Unfortunately the funding is only available to people who are over 16, live in Victoria, have not previously purchased a funded ticket for our Mycology course, and agree to fill in relevant forms and provide proof of residency.

We can also make payment plans or other special arangements for people who need them. Please contact us at mycommunity@myco.org.au for further info.