Back in the before times all of our talks were lively social occasions – a convivial way of not only learning about a topic but a chance to catch up with fellow club members and chat with the speaker. While Zoom lectures are convenient nothing beats the human interaction of a live talk. So we’re making at least some of our lectures live. Snacks and beverages will be served – come and hang with us!
The talk
Fungi are weird fungi are cool and fungi are beautiful. But how much do we really know about them? For starters they do much more than just rot things. They control pretty much all life on our planet and are everywhere. Britt Bunyard’s lecture will present fascinating stories and beautiful photos of amazing fungi featured in his latest book. Discover the crazy wonderful life that goes on all around us mostly hidden in plain sight. For general audiences no knowledge of mycology is required. This lecture is based on features from Bunyard’s new book The Lives of Fungi A Natural History of Our Planet’s Decomposers.
Britt Bunyard PhD is the founder Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi. Britt has worked academically as a mycologist his entire career teaching a number of university courses and writing scientifically for many research journals and popular science magazines. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological research journals and mushroom guide books. A popular evangelizer on all things fungal Britt has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered PBS’s NOVA and Wisconsin Foodie television programs; and interviewed or quoted in Discover magazine The Atlantic Vox Vogue Forbes Saveur Eating Well Hobby Farm Women’s World and other magazines and newspapers.
Britt serves as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. He has authored several books including Amanitas of North America (2020; The FUNGI Press) The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms (2021; Quarry Books) Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and Midwestern States (2012; The Ohio State University Press) and most recently The Lives of Fungi (2022; Princeton University Press). In 2021 Britt was awarded the Gary Lincoff Award “For Contributions to Amateur Mycology ” by the North American Mycological Association—NAMA’s most prestigious honor for American mycologists.
