Science
- Evolutionary ecology research
- Australian rain forest community assembly
- Australian rain forest through time
- Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland
- Bicentenary Plant Diversity Program
- Biodiversity Adaptation Transect
- Botany of Botany Bay
- Conservation genetics
- DNA studies of Elaeocarpaceae
- Ecology of Isopogon prostratus
- Floristic Lists of NSW
- Habitat fragmentation
- Lomatia (Proteaceae)
- Molecular phylogeny of the Australian Lauraceae
- Promiscuous Lomatia
- Promiscuous Proteaceae
- Native plants of Sydney Harbour NP
- Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamps
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Nickel hyperaccumulation in Stackhousia
- NSW Vegetation Classification & Assessment Project
- Plants of the Newnes Plateau
- Plants, vegetation, landscape, country
- Phylogenetic relationships of Ceratopetalum
- Podocarpus elatus
- Rainforest conifer - Podocarpus elatus
- Speciation in Proteaceae
- Testing speciation models
- Horticultural research
- Plant diversity research
- Plant pathology research
- Herbarium & resources
- Scientific publications
Woodland fungi photo gallerySo far we have noted several species of fungi in the woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden. These include mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, bracket fungi and slime moulds. Some are native and others are introduced. The mushroom is the fruiting body of the organism, beneath these are the thin ‘root like’ net of hyphae that is the feeding system which may extend for many metres and may sometimes form ‘fairy rings’. Fungi cannot make their own food like higher plants. They are saprophytic and feed on rotting material. Some are found on rotting wood and logs while others grow in the soil. Some may form symbiotic relationships with plants helping them take up nutrients. We know very little about plant fungi relationships in our woodland, however one species here, Calvatia lilacina has been reported in China to be an ectomycorrhizal fungi ie associated with plant roots. Fungi are usually found after good rain and particularly during the cooler autumn months.
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