International Botanical Congress – July in Madrid 2024
State Herbarium of South Australia PhD students Andrew McDougall and Luis Williamson are giving poster presentations at the IBC (for more information about the IBC program go to the conference website).
International Mycological Congress – August in Maastricht 2024
The Mycological Congress will have two students representing State Herbarium of South Australia research, Fran guard and Grace Boxshall will present their research on the systematics of Australian fungi.
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Andrew McDougall 
PhD in the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide.
Topic: The systematics of the genus Caledonia patersonii species complex with a focus on South Australia. Approach includes phylogenomics, morphological and phenological traits and review of taxonomic status.
Supervisors; Prof Michelle Waycott, Dr Ed Biffin, Dr Tim Hammer.
Project supported by ABRS grant (4-H3JJX0F) to Waycott and McDougall.
- [Poster 1] Bridging past and present: a methodology for interpreting flowering time from herbarium specimens. Authors: Andrew E. McDougall, Steven Delean, Michelle Waycott
- [Poster 2] Floral card specimens for the study of Australian terrestrial orchids. Author: Andrew E. McDougall
Luis Williamson
PhD in the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide.
Topic: The evolution of Australian Drosera with an emphasis on the tuberous clade. Approach includes phylogenomics, phytogeographic and population analysis of extant populations.
Supervisors; Prof Michelle Waycott, Dr John Conran.
Project supported by ARC Discovery grant (DP190101676) “Coevolution of sundew bugs and sundews” to Cassis, Waycott, Conran, Hochuli, Laffan, Murphy, Biffin.
- [Poster 1] Phylogenomic reconstruction of Australian carnivorous Drosera L. (Droseraceae) using a hybrid capture approach. Luis T. Williamson, Ed Biffin, Timothy A. Hammer, Kor-jent van Dijk, John G. Conran & Michelle Waycott.
- [Poster 2] Another forking sundew: Biogeography of the Drosera binata Labill. (Droseraceae) species complex in Australia and New Zealand. Luis T. Williamson, Ed Biffin, Kor-jent van Dijk, John G. Conran & Michelle Waycott.
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Frances E. Guard
PhD (part-time) in the School of Agriculture & Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland.
Topic: Investigations of the taxonomy, ecology, pathogenicity and bioactive properties of Eastern Australian Marasmius (Marasmiaceae: Agaricales). Integration of ecological, morphological, molecular and culture data to support description of new species, revision of supposedly global species, increase understanding of the ecology, interactions (pathogens or endophytes?), and bioactive properties of these important rotters.
Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr John Dearnaley, Dr Teresa Lebel.
Project supported by an ASBS Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research Grant (2021).
- [Poster 1] The Marasmius haematocephalus complex: global distribution & centres of diversity. Frances E. Guard, John Dearnaley, and Teresa Lebel.
Amelia-Grace Boxshall
PhD (part-time) in the School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne.
Topic: Phylogenetic investigation of Agaricus (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) biodiversity across eastern Australasia. Integrate ecological, morphological, and molecular data to estimate the relationships of eastern Australasian Agaricus within a global framework and assess the diversity of species, estimate the divergence dates of Australasian clades, establish accurate taxonomic boundaries within the Agaricus xanthodermus species complex using diverse arrays technology (DArT), and assess the monophyly of the A. austrovinaceus complex.
Supervisors: Dr Joanne Birch, Dr Teresa Lebel.
Project supported by an ABRS grant (4-EHOJ161) to Lebel, Birch and Boxshall.
- [Poster 1] Unearthing high species- and sectional-level diversity of Agaricus (Agaricaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. Amelia-Grace Boxshall, Jerry Cooper, Teresa Lebel, Joanne Birch.