The Atlas of Budawang Coast, a Milton Rural Landcare project, will host a fungi identification workshop and information session on Tuesday, April 9 at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. 

Pam O'Sullivan will present an 'Introduction to Fungi' from 3.30pm. 

This session will give people an understanding of just how important fungi are and how life on earth as we know it wouldn't exist without fungi. 

Pam will cover the role of fungi in the environement, what you can do to protect it, and how to identify it. 

The Atlas of Life Budawang Coast, covering Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla, has established a database of biodiversity for the local region.

The group is keen to encourage interested community members to get involved - as contributors and/or moderators - to grow their knowledge of our local environment.

The Atlas is driven by the curiosity of people of all ages. It encourages people to spend time in nature and record sightings of specimens of interest.

A team of expert moderators identify or verify sightings of locally occurring wildlife and these are then uploaded to the national database, Atlas of Living Australia.

Together they are building a record of important biodiversity that will allow them to learn more about our environment and also to assess changes over time.

How does it work?

Sightings of species are recorded either from camera shots uploaded on your computer or via the Naturemapr app and your tablet or smartphone.

You can record photos or sound recordings of anything of interest from plants, animals, birds, bugs, fungi, reptiles, the marine and freshwater environments, spiders, worms, fossils, tree hollows.

You can even register weeds and feral animals and this informs local natural resource managers in the management of these.

Register now to guarantee your place. Register by emailing at budawangcoast@gmail.com for the April 9 event.