EARTH DAY LECTURE: Fungal Diversity – from Scotland to the United States
Sat 22 Apr
|Edinburgh
We're heading north for a special collab with the Botanical Society of Scotland and Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts
Time & Location
22 Apr 2023, 17:30 – 20:00 BST
Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK
About the event
To celebrate Earth Day 2023, you are invited to a guest lecture by two leading mycologists, Britt Bunyard PhD and Prof Roy Watling MBE, exploring the world of fungi from Scotland to the United States.
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. This will be Britt’s first ever speaking engagement in the UK and will take place alongside Prof Roy Watling MBE, one of Scotland’s most experienced mycologists and an Honorary Mycology Associate at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where he was formerly Head of Mycology. Roy was awarded an MBE for services to mycology – the study of fungi – in 1997.
The talks and Q&A will last…