reunited with the mycologists, Genevieve and 
David, who had stayed nearer the bottom of the 
track, and they showed us the samples they had 
collected. They had found over 20 species of fungi, 
including three fungimap species: 
Anthracophyllum archeri, Stereum hirsutum and 
Mycena viscidocruenta. Conditions were a bit cool 
for any insect activity. 
From the car park, we made our way to the 
nearby town hall and began to cook lunch on the 
barbeque. It was a fun social gathering to end the 
year, made even better by the delicious pie 
brought by Anna and Genevieve's chocolate cake! 
Guitar plant Lomatia tinctoria. 
Photo: Geoff Fenton. 
Christmas treat. Photo: Amanda Thomson. 
Cake: Genevieve Gates. 
Fungi festival 2012 
Fungimap and NRM South are organising a Fungi Festival to be held in Hobart from Thursday April 26th 
to Monday April 30th, 2012. The proposed program is a Symposium on Conservation and Management 
of Fungi (Thursday and Friday) and then on Saturday and Sunday there will be workshops and forays 
about fungi, similar to past Fungimap conferences. The Monday session is tentatively set aside for 
training in the use of the Atlas of Living Australia for fungi records data. The following weekend (5th-6th 
May), Fungimap, in conjunction with Cradle Coast NRM, will be running some more forays and 
workshops in the Tarkine. The following website: http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/home 
will be giving updated information about this event. 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club BULLETIN 345 January 2012 p7 
