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| Volume 118 (2) 2001, pp. 37-68 |
Cover: Entoloma
virescens, one of the few blue fungi, Lake
Matheson, New Zealand. Photo: Ilma Dunn. |
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of Contents
| Contributions |
Native Truffles of Australia, by
Teresa Lebel
Abstract |
38 |
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Notes on Fungimap Target
Species, by Tom May |
44 |
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Field Identification, Ecology
and Conservation Status of the Red-chested
Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax in
Northern Victoria, by L.E. Conole and R. Mac
Nally
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56 |
| Research Report |
The Impact of Dieback Disease
(Phytophthora cinnamomi) on Vegetation
Near Mt Stapylton in the Northern Grampians
National Park, Western Victoria, by Julian Di
Stefano
Abstract |
46 |
| Naturalist
Notes |
Observations of Skink Mating
Behaviour, by Alastair Traill |
58 |
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Observations of Black Snake
Feeding, by Alastair Traill |
59 |
| Book Reviews |
Birds of French Island
Wetlands, by Des Quinn and Geoff Lacey,
reviewed by Martin O’Brien |
60 |
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Common Australian Fungi: a
Bushwalker’s Guide, by Tony Young,
reviewed by Rod Barker |
61 |
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Wildflowers of the Brisbane
Ranges, by Clive and Merle Trigg, reviewed by
Anne Morton |
62 |
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Field Guide to the Orchids of
New South Wales and Victoria, Second Edition, by
Tony Bishop, reviewed by Joan Broadberry |
64 |
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Native Orchids of Southern
Australia: A Field Guide, by David and Barbara
Jones, reviewed by Joan Broadberry |
65 |
| Tribute |
George Anthony Thomas, B.Sc.,
Ph.D. (Melb.), by Neil W. Archbold |
66 |
Contribution
Native Truffles
of Australia
Teresa Lebel
Abstract
Information is presented on the biology, ecology,
general taxonomy and diversity of truffles in
Australia. A definition of what truffles are is
provided, and the importance of their
interactions with plants and animals in native
forests is summarized. Several hundred species
have been described from Australia, yet this is
probably a small proportion of the total number
of species present. A general guide to where to
look for and how to collect truffles is also
provided.
(The Victorian Naturalist, 118 (2),
2001, 38-43.)
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Research
Report
The Impact of Dieback Disease (Phytophthora
cinnamomi) on Vegetation Near
Mt Stapylton in the Northern Grampians National
Park, Western Victoria
Julian Di
Stefano
Abstract
Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands is a soil
borne pathogen that leads to the decline of many
plant species across Australia. In this study,
presence, cover-abundance and health were
recorded for plant species within healthy,
transitional and diseased zones in a dry
sclerophyll forest near Mt. Staplyton in the
north western section of the Grampians National
Park, western Victoria. The data were subjected
to non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS)
analysis, and a change in the distribution and
abundance of plant species between healthy,
transitional and diseased zones was observed. A
seed/fungus test using susceptible Lupinus
alba seedlings was performed, and the results
are consistent with the hypothesis that P.
cinnamomi caused the dieback observed at the
study site. The vegetation changes observed
represent a transition from healthy Eucalyptus
baxteri forest with a low heathy understorey
to a more open forest with many dead trees and an
increased number of sedge and grass species. This
transition is expressed as a reduction in
biodiversity, density and plant health within
diseased and transitional zones, although no
effect on vegetative cover was detected. Options
for the management of P. cinnamomi are
also discussed.
(The Victorian Naturalist, 118 (2),
2001, 46-55.)
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