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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.

A preliminary census of the macrofungi of Mt Wellington, Tasmania the non-gilled Basidiomycota

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Summary

This work is a further contribution towards documenting the macrofungi ofMt Wellington. An earlier publication was confined to 130 named and described of ‘agarics’, or gilled fungi. The focus of the present paper is on the non-gilled Basidiomycota with the exception of the sequestrate which will be the subject of a separate A total of 65 non-gilled is included here. Further, the acquisition of recent information has added 11 species to the previous list of gilled fungi and enabled two of the names to be revised.

 

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Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library

Acknowledgement of Country

The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.

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On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.