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[AU] Enthusiast studies underbelly of nature to shed light on fungi
    #14475325 - 05/18/11 08:33 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Enthusiast studies underbelly of nature to shed light on fungi
May 18, 2011 - canberratimes.com.au

It's a dazzling world that reveals itself in the most unassuming of places, such as beneath rotting logs.

Heino Lepp has been foraging for fungi for the past 15 years and can often be found scouring the ground, head down, with an intent look in his eyes.

His interest in the colourful organisms was piqued while bushwalking in Canberra and the keen mycologist now spends his days travelling the country in search of ''paint fungi, a two dimensional type of fungi that is often mistaken as a layer of paint on the underside of discarded branches and logs.

''Most people are familiar with mushrooms, stinkhorns or puff balls. This type of fungi looks like an extra skin and is typically found on the other side of wood. It's very interesting but to the naked eye there is not much detail. I spend my time turning pieces of rotten wood on the ground.''

For the past decade Mr Lepp has been spreading his love of fungi to Canberrans through a public lecture series at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Mr Lepp is an honorary scientific associate of the botanic gardens and his 10-week Thursday lecture series covers everything from how a fungi disperses spore to the economic, social and cultural impacts of fungi.

One of the most common questions Mr Lepp is asked is about poisonous fungi in Canberra.

''Some people don't realise there is poisonous fungi in Canberra. The death cap is the deadliest one, it basically upsets your kidney and liver function. The poison in the death [cap] prevents the cell from reading its DNA, it's own instruction book.''

Although he hasn't seen many death caps in Canberra this autumn, Mr Lepp said the deadly fungi was about, particularly in the northern and southern suburbs where oak trees were more prevalent.

There are more than 5000 specimens in Mr Lepp's ever-expanding collection. And for every day of field work he spends 10 days looking down a microscope.

''The group I look at is not very well studied, I'm curious to see what there is and find species that aren't reported yet. Canberra has such a variety of habitats, you see such wonderful things.''

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Re: [AU] Enthusiast studies underbelly of nature to shed light on fungi [Re: veggie]
    #14475674 - 05/18/11 09:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Bravo! Precisely what I would love to be doing!


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