Call for Symposia The Call for Symposia at ICOM2026 is open! Download Application Form below Deadline for submission: 15 October 2025 Decision: 1 November 2025 ICOM2026 will host a series of sympos…

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're excited to feature Dr. Yi Ding, a Lecturer and a Research Fellow in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the Uni...

Vacation studentships honouring the late Dr James Hamlyn Willis

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're excited to feature Eric Kumi Asare, a PhD student at the Edith Cowan University. Eric was also one of the awardees of the AM...

The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station (OSBS) is a 38-km2 reserve owned by the University of Florida and is part of the National Ecological Observatory…

The Australasian Mycological Society (AMS) is committed to promoting teaching and learning in all areas of fungal biology. With the recent decline in mycology education at schools and universities acr...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're excited to feature Dr Tarquin Netherway, a postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark. Soil influencers: root-associ...

<p> We have an open, fully funded PhD position on the causes and epidemiology of truffle rot in Australian orchards. The PhD student will be enrolled at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Niloofar Vaghefi and Camille Truong from the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. </p> <p> The project will elucidate the biotic and abiotic causes of truffle rot across different regions and provide recommendations for improved management, while equipping the industry with diagnostic tools for early and reliable detection in soils. Activities include identifying affected farms and potential experimental sites in collaboration with growers, surveys of fungi, bacteria and oomycetes associated with truffle rot, and assessing the pathogenicity of commonly isolated microorganisms using glasshouse and field trials. </p> <p> <strong>Eligibility criteria:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Hsc or Msc in biological sciences or a relevant field, experience in conducting both fieldwork and molecular biology work. </li> <li>Demonstrated writing and communication skills in English, including with stakeholders. </li> <li>Background and laboratory skills in mycology or plant pathology, as well as bioinformatics skills, are desirable. </li> <li>The successful candidate will be based in the Parkville campus in Melbourne and will require to travel for field experiments. </li> </ul>

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're excited to feature Nicholas Chong, a mycologist at the University of Melbourne. Nick was one of our 2023 AMS Research Grant ...

The Australasian Mycological Society is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 AMS Research Grant! This year, we’re excited to support two PhD candidates in Australasia conducting innovative...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar! This month's seminar will feature Aviya Naccarella, an ecologist at Deakin University. Generalising generalists – comparative fungal diet of t...

The fungitax package provides functions to update scientific names of fungi based on the data available from Index Fungorum. It allows users to get the most current name of a fungus species by quer...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar! This month's seminar will feature Dr. Alistair McTaggart, a co-founder of the Psymbiotika Lab.The pathway to designer magic mushroomsDr. Alist...

Scientific Data - A curated soil fungal dataset to advance fungal ecology and conservation research in Australia and Antarctica

Aiming at promoting the understanding of fungi through research activities, The Australasian Mycological Society (AMS) has been supporting early career mycologists through the AMS Research Grant every...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar! This month's seminar will feature Dr. Nirodha Weeraratne, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University....

Learn about our SPUN-led sampling expeditions to map mycorrhizal biodiversity.

Have your say on South Australia’s draft Biodiversity Bill. What's being decided? The South Australian Government is introducing a Biodiversity Act – the first of its kind in our state – and you are i...

Background & aims Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) is an economically important crop with a narrow natural distribution in eastern Australia. Coastal and upland tea tree ecotypes have been identified...