Person

Gates, Genevieve Maria (1952 - )

Born
18 November 1952
Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Ecologist and Mycologist
Alternative Names
  • Piscioneri, Genevieve (maiden name)

Summary

Genevieve Gates is a mycologist who has made significant contributions to the study of Tasmanian fungi. Her work has ranged from taxonomic studies of the family Entolomataceae, to advocating for the conservation of native fungi and the importance of leaving them in the bush. As an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania, she provides mycological advice to students, police, and the poisons hotline. She also gives talks and interviews, leads field trips and publishes newspaper articles. Gates is a keen member of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club, being President from 2000 to 2004 and later a Life Member. With fellow naturalist David Ratkowsky, she made innumerable field trips in pursuit of their shared interest in mapping and conserving Tasmanian fungi. Their publications include A field guide to Tasmanian fungi (2014) and FungiFlip (2015), an all-weather, portable guide to the state's fungi. Between 1994 and 2017 Gates contributed a significant number of records of Tasmanian macrofungi to Fungimap. She also lodged over 4,300 specimens with the National Herbarium of Victoria and 2,200 with the Tasmanian Herbarium.

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Chronology

1974
Education - BSc, University of Tasmania
1998 -
Career position - Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania
2000 - 2004
Career position - President, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club
2009
Education - PhD, University of Tasmania
2010 - 2019
Career position - Volunteer curator, Tasmanian Herbarium
2014
Career position - Basidiomycete Editor, Phytotaxa
2021 -
Award - Life Member, Tasmanian Naturalists Club
2022
Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
2023
Award - Inducted into Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women

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Published resources

Books

  • Gates, Genevieve and Ratkowsky, David, A field guide to Tasmanian fungi (Hobart: Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club, 2014), 249 pp. Details
  • Gates, Genevieve, Ratkowsky, David and Wiltshire, Rob, FungiFlip: a pictorial guide to Tasmanian fungi (Hobart: School of biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, 2015). Details
  • Noordeloos, Machiel E. and Gates, Genevieve M., The Entolomataceae of Tasmania (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2012), 400 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Campbell, Maxwell, '2022 Australian Natural History Medallion: Dr Genevieve Gates', Victorian naturalist, 140 (2), 55-7. Details

Theses

  • Gates, Genevieve M., 'Coarse woody debris, macro fungal assemblages, and sustainable forest management in a Eucalyptus obliqua forest of southern Tasmania', PhD thesis, University of Tasmania, 2009, 262 pp, https://doi.org/10.25959/23208854. Details

See also

Helen Cohn

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