{"id":109783,"date":"2025-09-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/?p=109783"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:06:26","slug":"planet-fungi-author-event-at-the-book-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/news\/planet-fungi-author-event-at-the-book-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Fungi author event at The Book Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE authors of the new coffee table book Planet Fungi: A Photographer&#8217;s Foray are hosting a Q&amp;A event at The Book Room in Byron Bay on Wednesday September 17.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Rivers-based photographer Stephen Axford and filmmaker Catherine Marciniak \u2014 who co-authored the book with leading mycologist Dr Tom May \u2014 will share their passion for mushrooms and other microorganisms on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Published by CSIRO Publishing, Planet Fungi features photographs captured in rainforests, deserts and remote cloud forests around the world, showcasing fungi&#8217;s bizarre forms and highlighting their critical ecological roles.<\/p>\n<p>Axford, who had always loved spending time in nature, took up photography in his late 50s after retiring from a career in IT and developed a fascination with photographing mushrooms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116063\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116063\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/09\/AnimagefromPlanetFun_77102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from Planet Fungi. Photo: STEPHEN AXFORD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His time-lapse footage of the luminous fungi Mycena chlorophos caught the eye of the BBC, who featured it in David Attenborough&#8217;s award-winning documentary Planet Earth II. His work has since appeared in other acclaimed nature documentaries, including Our Planet.<\/p>\n<p>Marciniak, a seasoned features reporter for the ABC and keen bushwalker, has produced the national broadcaster&#8217;s religion and ethics program Compass and worked as an independent documentary filmmaker for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, she was named a finalist in the Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism for her documentary Leagueability, and was part of the ABC regional NSW team that received a Walkley Award for its coverage of the 2019\/2020 bushfires.<\/p>\n<p>Marciniak first came across Axford&#8217;s fungi photography while working as a producer at ABC North Coast. The two collaborated on a simple audio slideshow for an ABC Open project called Water is\u2026 Fungi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116064\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116064\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/09\/Mycenachlorophostake_78536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mycena chlorophos taken in Australia for the book Planet Fungi. Photo: STEPHEN AXFORD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now based on a property they are restoring in Eltham, the couple also made the Netflix documentary Follow the Rain, which premiered at last year&#8217;s Bangalow Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For years, people asked if we had a coffee-table book,&#8221; Marciniak said. &#8220;We knew we had a vast archive of photographs \u2014 many taken in remote forests rarely visited by mycologists \u2014 and we felt we had a story worth telling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to combine Stephen&#8217;s photography, my storytelling and Tom&#8217;s incredible expertise, to create something unique: a book that blends pioneering fungi adventures, mind-expanding science, and images of fungi at their most bizarre and beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The book begins with Axford&#8217;s life-changing encounter with a purple mushroom at Wilsons Promontory in Victoria and unfolds with a blend of personal stories, photography techniques, science and fungi safaris in some of the world&#8217;s most remote forests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116065\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116065\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/09\/Coprinopsispulchrica_80627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coprinopsis pulchricaerulia in the book Planet Fungi. Photo: STEPHEN AXFORD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, the pair have been invited to collaborate on fungi surveys in Australasia, China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Chile and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re captivated by fungi because they reveal a hidden world teeming with wonder \u2014 and because they are absolutely essential to life,&#8221; Marciniak said. &#8220;They are &#8216;nature&#8217;s master connectors&#8217;, linking forests and underpinning climate resilience in ways most people don&#8217;t see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marciniak said that the Northern Rivers is a biodiversity hotspot where fungi thrive alongside the region&#8217;s rich variety of plant and animal life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our subtropical climate brings tropical fungi with the summer rains, and cooler months invite species more often found in temperate southern forests,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116066\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116066\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/09\/Cortinariusmagellani_82844.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cortinarius magellanicoalbus in Chile for the book Planet Fungi. Photo: STEPHEN AXFORD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These forests are also under-surveyed, so there are many species still waiting to be discovered. Right now, we&#8217;re contributing specimens, photographs and research toward the description of three new species.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marciniak said Border Ranges National Park is a great location for fungi spotting, while vibrant blue Entoloma mushrooms have been found in areas such as Wallum and near Lake Ainsworth at Lennox Head. &#8220;They&#8217;re one of the most stunning mushrooms on the planet,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the authors of Planet Fungi at The Book Room in Byron Bay on Wednesday September 17 from 6pm to 7.30pm. Register via Eventbrite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE authors of the new coffee table book Planet Fungi: A Photographer&#8217;s Foray are hosting a Q&amp;A event at The Book Room in Byron Bay on Wednesday September 17. 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