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• 1) HOME - Using the services of Australia's fungi to restore landscapes
• 2) What are Fungi?   (print friendly PDF for Section 1 & 2)
• The word "fungi" (plural) and "fungus" (singular)
• What are fungi?
• How fungi propagate
• Slime moulds and lichens strictly are not fungi
• Differences between a mushroom and a toadstool
• Learn more about fungi
• 3) Value to Landscapes   (PDF for Section 3)
• Richness
• Australia's rich fungal heritage: How many native fungi are in Australia?
• Australia’s unique fungal heritage
• Fungi in Australia’s temperate woodlands
• Key points about native fungi in Australia's temperate woodlands
• Where have the paddock mushrooms gone?
• Significance and Value
• What do fungi do?
• Ecological types of fungi
• The significance of diversity and uniqueness in native fungi
• What happens if fungi are not present in revegetation soils?
• 4) Finding & Collecting   (PDF for Section 4)
• Why find out about your local fungi?
• Finding out what is already known about fungi in your area
• Observing and searching for fungi
• When to see fungi
• Ways of surveying for fungi
• Where to see fungi
• Collecting and handling fungi
• Gear which can be useful
• Conservation and licences
• Safety first
• 5) Building a Useful Resource   (PDF for Section 5)
• Keeping Records
• Why keep records?
• Recording the fungi you collect
• Recording shapes, sizes, and colours
• Data sheets:
• Short recording card for fungi (MS Word doc., ~24Kb)
• Data sheet for describing fungi (MS Word doc., ~35Kb)
• Making spore prints
• Photographing
• Storing
• Preserving fungal fruit bodies
• Preparing fungi after they have been dried
• Storing fungi in a herbarium
• Insect prevention
• Database for a fungi herbarium
• Gear which can be useful when preserving fungi and making a fungi herbarium
• Recognize, Identify and Name
• What to name your fungi?
• Formal names of fungi
• Identifying fungi
• Using keys to identify fungi
• Recognising ecological groups of fungi
• Fungal species in Australian woodlands
• 6) Using for Revegetation   (PDF for Section 6)
• Restoring native fungi back into revegetation and degraded woodlands
• The Process
• Choosing native fungi
• What not to do
• Method for restoring native fungi into revegetation or degraded woodlands: Mushrooms
• Method for restoring native fungi into revegetation or degraded woodlands: Puffballs and Truffles
• Factors affecting development of fungi in pots
• How to check seedlings for fungi
• Using VA mycorrhizal fungi
• Planting in revegetation or in degraded woodlands
• Monitoring success of restoring native fungi
• 7) Additional Resources   (PDF for Section 7)
• FungiBank Reference Material
• Books
• Websites
• CD-ROM's
• 8) Glossary
• 9) Sitemap
• 10) Legal & Privacy
• 11) Credits & Contacts (PDF for Section 11)
• FungiBank Credits
• Contacting FungiBank

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