Fungal restoration of native ecosystems

Fungi are symbiotic partners to the vast majority of land plants, and also form symbioses with or food sources for many animals and insects. Despite this, integrating fungi into native ecosystem restoration has been a neglected area of research. In Australia efforts to do this are currently being led by grassroots organisations such as Landcare. This workshop led by Emma Corro will introduce people to native ecosystem restoration techniques using fungi. It also aims to bring people together to for networking and collaboration around fungal restoration projects.

Ema Corro is a mycologist who specialises in fungal ecology and restoration. She also has experience in mushroom cultivation, myco-materials and DNA sequencing. She is President of Mycommunity Applied Mycology which is a citizen science organisation that educates the public around fungi and provides training and resources to citizen mycologists. She also works with various community organisations on citizen-science projects involving fungal ecology…