Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations - Episode 20: A Famous Mycologist

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Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) Mycologist and Author
We all love Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin and others - but author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter, was also a scientist who made important discoveries. In her early years, she was passionately interested in mycology, studying fungi (mushrooms) and ferns with the help of a Scottish Postman!!! She was not treated well by some men scientists so she stopped her studies - a loss to mycology but a gain for children’s literature and conservation, as the money earned from her books allowed Beatrix Potter to leave a legacy for the protection of the countryside in the Lake District National Park!
https://minervascientifica.co.uk/beatrix-potter/

SPEAKERS:
Catherine Booth – Science Historian and retired Science Curator, National Library of Scotland
Professor Lynne Boddy – Fungal Ecology Group, Cardiff University

MUSIC:
"Beatrix Potter and the Postman" (2018) by Frances M Lynch for unaccompanied voices and female and soloist; words by Frances M Lynch in collaboration with Catherine Booth; recorded at live performances by KILLIN, KENMORE and STROUD GREEN PRIMARY schools

"Without Fungi" (July 26th 2021) an acapella work in progress by Frances M Lynch in collaboration with Professor Lynne Boddy for female voices

Image: Fly Agaric by adege from Pixabay