Fun Fungi Ecology

The hidden links in the ecosystem

Cookeina tricholoma

I am delighted to say that on Friday 15 March 2019 in Innisfail we will be launching our ‘Australian Tropical Mushrooms & other Fungi pocket guides’. The launch is being hosted by the Johnstone Ecological Society and Queensland Mycological Society. A number of events are being held in the region […]

Tropical Fungi Fun

March 11, 2019 in Projects tagged Cookeina tricholoma / Slime mould / Stinkhorns / Tropical by myco

Endophytes help with drought tolerance and disease resistance. Their name comes from endo meaning inside and phyte meaning plant, this is where they spend most of their lives. Once their plant partner dies they revert to a saprotrophic lifestyle and reproduce, often on rotten logs on the forest floor where their […]

Endophytes fight drought

December 24, 2018 in Updates tagged Cookeina tricholoma / Discomycete / Endophyte / Tropical by myco