Tuesday, February 25th

RECEPTION & BOOK SIGNING | 6 - 7 PM LECTURE | 7 - 8:30 PM

Most gardeners know about fungi for their destruc�ve roles as p lant pathogens, but many more species are key to the wel l -being of gardens. The Mycobiome of the Garden is an i l lustrated ta lk that focuses on the helpful fungi . The ta lk descr ibes the ro les fungi p lay in p lant l i fe and why they are so important to p lant and soi l microbiomes, and subsequent ly, our food supply.

Eugenia Bone is a na�onal ly known nature and food writer and author. Her work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers , inc luding The New York T imes, The Wal l Street Journal , Saveur, Food & Wine, and Gourmet. Eugenia is the author of s ix books inc luding Mycophi l ia : Revela�ons from the Weird World of Mushrooms, which was on Amazon’s best sc ience books of 2011 l i st and nominated for a Counci l on Botanica l and Hor�cultura l L ibrar ies award. Eugenia is featured in the documentary Fantas�c Fungi (2019) d irected by Louie Schwartzberg , and a contr ibutor to the companion book.

540.568.3194 contact : e jcarboretum@jmu.edu

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