Bruce A. Fuhrer

Who is Bruce A. Fuhrer?

Bruce Alexander Fuhrer OAM is an Australian mycologist and fungi photographer.

His fungi photographic collection numbers more than 3000 species. Bruce began his career as a photographer in Portland, Victoria, Australia in 1955. In 1957 he formed Portland Camera Club and was its President for 6 years. It was during this period that he developed his interest in Natural History and joined the Portland Field Naturalists' Club. He was an inaugural member of the Mt Richmond National Park Management Committee formed in 1960. Bruce joined the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria as well as the Field Naturalists Club of Ringwood in the sixties and become Chairman of the Botany Group for 3 years. He also served on the FNCV Council between 1964 and 1968. Not long after joining the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc., he established the Ringwood Junior Field Naturalist Club Inc. and was President for sixteen years of their existence. He later established The Basin Junior Field Naturalist' Club Bruce contributed substantial photographs in the first comprehensive illustrative guide to Victorian Flora – “Flowers and Plants of Victoria” in 1968. Already acknowledged as a botanist and photographer, he was invited to judge at the 1970, 1974 and 1978 Victorian Photoflora Competitions.