News:  Historical account published, and Fungi surveys begun at Kings Park

The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority has recently contracted the first of intended annual surveys of fungi to develop a better assessment of fungal biodiversity at Kings Park.

To set the scene for this development, a historical account has just been produced:
Bougher, N.L. (2010). History of the study of fungi at Kings Park, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist. In press, for volume 28 of this journal (due May 2010).

The Park

Kings Park is an icon bushland and Botanic Garden close to the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. The park incorporates nearly 300 hectares of eucalypt and banksia bushland in addition to botanic gardens and recreation/tourist areas. No coordinated inventory surveys of fungi diversity have been undertaken at Kings Park.

Kings Park Fungi

The attached list of 100 fungi currently recorded for Kings Park is provisional only as the identities originate from a broad range of sources. The data in the table is compiled from forays, personal observations, and from holdings at the WA Herbarium. Some of the fungi names are yet to be verified – therefore they are not to be published elsewhere without consulting the author. The list represents only a portion of the fungi likely to be present at Kings Park. The data is not updated according to the recent historical account (2010). Updating will be done after that article is published.

How to contribute

Further surveys and observations may add to the list and help verify identity of the fungi, however PLEASE NOTE - you MUST be a registered collector with a licence obtained from the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority before you collect any specimens in Kings Park.