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August 13, 2025
Free screening of Fungal Animé: Common Side Effects – 9/20 at 2PM at SVA Theatre
August 20, 2025Cullen Taylor Clark’s lecture, Africa’s Untold Fungal Story: Ethnomycology, Ritual, and Healing in Southern Africa, was a fascinating presentation about the past and present ritual and medicinal uses of mushrooms in southern Africa. If you were unable to experience the lecture live on zoom, you still have a chance to see it. You can watch the recording on YouTube at any time by visiting the lecture event page!
Watch the Lecture here:
Africa’s Untold Fungal Story: Ethnomycology, Ritual, and Healing in Southern Africa (scroll to the bottom of the page).
In fact, most past lectures can be accessed from the lecture page where they were originally announced. Check out these recent lectures:
- Mushrooms 101
- Aishwarya Veerabahu – The Midas Mushroom: Ecological Impacts of Invasive Golden Oyster Mushrooms
- Ryan Stephens – Mammals, Truffles, and Trees: Linking Above- and Below-ground Interactions
- Jon Gewirtzman – The Hidden Life Inside Trees
- Jacob Heilmann-Clausen – Combining Citizen Science, Traditional Taxonomy and Barcoding to Expand Knowledge on Fungal Biodiversity in Denmark – and Beyond

