Event Type: Talk
The Tale of Fungi and Beatrix Potter
DATE:
Tue 10 October
TIME:
7:30PM
PRICE:
£6
TWEEDDALE SOCIETY
presents
The Tale of Fungi and Beatrix Potter
Professor Roy Watling, former Acting Regius Keeper and Mycologist of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh will talk about the intriguing life cylces of fungi and how children’s author Beatrix Potter was fascinated by separating the facts from the fiction.
The Halkett Hendrie Memorial Lecture.
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