About this Event
The Autumn Open Meeting is open to all and free of charge. Places are limited so please only register if you will definitely attend. Many thanks.
PROGRAMME
09:40-10:00: Entry via Jodrell Gate on Kew Road TW9 3DS.
9:55-10:00 Welcome.
10:00-10:30 Jorinde Nuytinck, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre & U. of Ghent
Taxonomist and evolutionary biologist investigating Mycena.
10:30-10:55 Brian Steidinger, University of Edinburgh.
Ecologist investigating catastrophic shifts in symbioses.
10:55-11:20 Matthew Wainhouse, Natural England.
Fungal conservation.
11:20-11:40 Short break
11:40-11:55 Jane Lawson, visual artist and activist inspired by fungi.
11:55-12:20 Ricardo Arraiano Castilho, University of Lausanne.
Ecologist investigating Swiss mycobiomes and ecosystem functioning.
12:20-12:50 David Mitchel, Northern Ireland Fungus Group.
Citizen scientist monitoring and databasing the UK's threatened grassland fungi.
12:50 Close of meeting
Tea/coffee will be provided; attendees are asked to make their own arrangements for lunch.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
