at Northside Chapel
Wednesday, 8 May 2024 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time) + Add to calendar08/05/2024 10:0008/05/2024 15:00Australia/SydneyMycology In The Mix with Alison PouliotMycology In The Mix with Alison Pouliot
Wednesday, 8 May 2024 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
Organiser
Marg Applebee
0418611053
cwllandcare@gmail.com
Address
Northside Chapel
59 Johnson Street
Forbes
NSW 2871 Australia
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59 Johnson Street
Forbes NSW 2871
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Central West Lachlan Landcare are pleased to welcome Mycologist Alison Pouliot to Forbes in May.
This workshop is part of a series of Mycology in the Mix workshops that are being delivered across the Central West Region. Our Forbes Workshop will be held at Northside Chapel on Wednesday, 8 May. Details are in the booking link on our website.
Alison is an ecologist and professional environmental photographer with a focus on fungi. Her work spans both northern and southern hemispheres where she is actively involved in teaching, research and conservation.
Relative to plants and animals, the diversity and significance of fungi is little known. Yet fungi are vital in creating and stabilising soils, nourishing and interconnecting plants, recycling nutrients, retaining and filtering water, restoring environmental damage and essentially underpinning ecosystem health and resilience.
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 their ecological significance, we will also discuss various cultural aspects of fungi such as edibility and toxicity and their use in land restoration.
Following an interactive indoor session around the specimen table, we will then head to the Forbes Urban Forest, adjacent to the Forbes Community Riverside Garden to search for fungi of interest.
Marg Applebee
Central West Lachlan Landcare
0418611053