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An evening of fungi & mycology

Wed 26 Apr

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Cambridge University

Featuring guest talks from Britt Bunyard (FUNGI Magazine) & Dr Bethan Manley (SPUN: Society of the Protection of Underground Networks)

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An evening of fungi & mycology
An evening of fungi & mycology

Time & Location

26 Apr 2023, 17:30 – 19:30 BST

Cambridge University, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF, UK

About the event

Join us for a special collab with the Cambridge University Mycological Society featuring two guest speakers, Britt Bunyard PhD and Dr Bethan Manley.

Based in Illinois, USA, Britt Bunyard PhD, is editor of FUNGI Magazine, the largest mycology publication in North America, and author of several books, including Amanitas of North America (Fungi Press, 2000) and The Lives of Fungi (Princeton, 2022), as well as Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. Part of Britt's first ever UK speaking tour, he will be joined by Dr Bethan Manley, Program Manager, Global Data Science at SPUN: Society for the Protection of Underground Networks. Bethan began studying underground fungal networks during a PhD at the University of Cambridge examining Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and their genetic interactions with crop plants. She has since continued work on the genomics of symbiotic fungi as a PostDoctoral Researcher, and worked as a Senior Computer Biologist at the…

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