Perth Urban Bushland Fungi - Bold Park Fungi

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Park Features

Bold Park is a regionally significant bushland located in the west metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. The park incorporates more than 400 hectares of diverse vegetation types such as eucalypt and banksia woodlands, acacia shrublands, and coastal and limestone heath. Surveys of macrofungi have been undertaken at Bold Park for the Bold Park Environmental Management Plans 2000-2005 and 2006-2011 (see also the Botanic Gardens and Parks website).

The Surveys

The paucity of knowledge about the Perth region's Fungi is highlighted by our studies at Bold Park. Virtually no fungi were recorded for the park before 1999. A maximum of 3 collecting visits to the park each year over several successive years has continued to reveal a large proportion of fungi previously unrecorded for the park. Surveys have been undertaken at Bold Park by Neale Bougher (1999 - 2009) and then also with the assistance of some volunteer members of PUBF (2004 - 2009). A list of Bold Park macro fungi will be posted on this web site after completion of the current Bold Park Environmental Management Plan. Annual survey reports are lodged with the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority including the latest: Bougher, N.L. (2009). Fungi survey – Bold Park 2009. Consultancy Report for the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (BGPA). Client Report Department of Environment and Conservation, and Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Project.

Results of Bold Park fungi surveys, 1999 to 2009

Survey	Fungi Species	Genera/ Families	% New Records
1999	120	69/36	98%
2002	102	63/40	57%
2003	62	45/25	24%
2004	84	70/36	40%
2005	123	85/38	49%
2007	109	62/29	20%
2008	123	88/48	36%
2009	155	97/46	40%
Total 437 species

N.B. The data in the table are provisional only. The task of verifying the identity of all of the fungi surveyed so far in Bold Park is yet to be completed.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 April 2010 )

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