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Mycology In The Mix with Alison Pouliot

Event Type

When
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Event Booking Link
https://events.humanitix.com/mycology-matters
Event Location
Condobolin

Landcare Region

BCT Region

Event Description

https://www.facebook.com/condolandcare - Condobolin & District Landcare

Facebook Post 9/5/24 - Presenter background

Facebook Post 15/5/24 - Booking

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 a local field site to search for fungi of interest.

Alison Pouliot, BA (Philosophy), BSc Hons (Zoology), PhD (Ecology/Mycology) is an ecologist, environmental photographer and author and has presented over 850 environmental seminars, forays and workshops in Australia and internationally. Alison greatly enjoys working with people from all walks of life to tap into their passions and ideas about the environment and environmental issues, with a focus on fungi.

Alison’s books, The Allure of Fungi, Wild Mushrooming and Underground Lovers will be available for purchase at the workshop. You can also visit Alison's website for more information and to see her amazing photography Alison Pouliot Photography – Photography and Fungi

Light refreshments & lunch will be provided - please RSVP by 13th of May for catering purposes.

This event is possible thanks to the shared work of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and Landcare NSW under the Private Land Conservation Matters project.

Event Topics

Event Flyer
Mycology matters flyer
Event Photos
workshop photos https://www.facebook.com/condolandcare
Event Outcomes
Number of Attendees
13
Number of Landowners
9
Event Outcome

Follow up FB post 22/5/24

Last Wednesday we had the absolute pleasure of hosting our Mycology Matters workshop in Condobolin with mycologist Alison Pouliot!! It was an incredible day filled with lots of interesting & interactive information and was topped off with a field trip to look at the fungi growing nearby - all different types right under our feet! The knowledge Alison possesses is absolutely FUNGTASTIC and her enthusiasm is contagious. The 'Wood Wide Web' was definitely something that will stick with me & even though we discussed foraging...I think I will leave that to the experts! Thank you Alison, we hope to be able to have you back again in the future.
Thank you also to Erika Roper from the NSW BCT who was there to tell us all about the work you are doing and the opportunities available - if anyone would like any more information on this please let me know and I can provide you with their details.
Lastly, the day was fully catered for by Happy Daze Coffee Lounge and boy oh boy were we spoilt! Thank you again for your professionalism and delicious morning tea & lunch.
We hope everyone that came along was as fungified as we were and thank you for supporting Condobolin and District Landcare. Check out some of the fabulous pics from the day below.
This workshop was organised through Central West Regional Landcare and was possible thanks to the shared work of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and Landcare NSW under the Private Land Conservation Matters Project.
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