The Winter 2021 Lyceum theme is Entangled Stories, with five lectures focusing on connections in nature, art, history, culture, and human life. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the lectures and discussion will be via Zoom. Advance registration is required and the lectures will be recorded and posted on the Grange YouTube channel. Scroll down for registration information.
Entangled Lives:
How Fungi Work in Our World
Tonight’s presentation looks at the fungi in the Adirondack forest, how they grow, how they enrich the soil and connect trees and plants, and why they play such a vital role in our world.
Mycologist Susan Hopkins who lives in the Saranac Lake area, has been a “serious mushroom person” for 40 years. Susan is a member of the New Jersey Mycological Association and has attended most of the Northeastern Mycological Forays, the annual, regional convention of amateur mushroomers. After attending the 1993 International Fungi-Fibre Symposium in Scotland she became a “dyer,” learning the use of various species of wild fungi to dye wool. Identification is her main focus with a special interest in all of the tooth fungi, those with spines as the spore bearing surface under their cap. Susan now lives in the Adirondacks, learning the local fungi flora and continues to do many lectures, walks, and demonstrations on fungi and mushroom dyeing.
The Winter 2021 Lyceum lectures will be presented via Zoom. You can access them through your computer, smartphone, or by dialing in on a regular phone (audio only). You must register IN ADVANCE so we can email you the Zoom link. You can register for the entire series or for an individual lecture. We will record the lectures and make them available later if you can’t watch them live. Click on the button below to register.
Lyceum lectures are presented at no charge. Your donations help to support these and other programs at the Grange. Please go to our DONATE page to make a contribution.