Fungi Luncheon and Lecture
Join Powell Gardens for a Fungi Luncheon and Lecture with Fulbright Scholar Dr. Grace Hoysted.
🍄 Fungi Luncheon with Dr. Grace Hoysted
Join us for a delightful brunch celebrating the fall season with earthy mushrooms! Hosted by Powell Gardens with guest speaker mycologist Dr. Grace Hoysted, on the importance of Fungi. This fungi-forward feast features savory stuffed mushrooms, crisp garden salad, velvety wild mushroom soup, and a warm panini layered with mushrooms and melted cheese. Cap it off with a sweet dessert and your choice of earthy mushroom tea or aromatic coffee. Perfect for mushroom lovers and curious minds alike!
Dr. Grace Hoysted bio: Grace is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Biology and Sustainability at Maynooth University in Ireland. Her research interests include plant ecology, soil biodiversity, the plant and fungal microbiome and interkingdom interactions. Her research expertise includes plant-insect-soil pathogen interactions and plant mycology specifically the physiology, ecology and evolution of plant-rhizosphere interactions. She is particularly interested in mycorrhizal fungi and interactions with diverse microbes in both natural and agro-ecosystems. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award, which is enabling her to research at the International Culture Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM) at the university of Kansas (KU). INVAM is the world’s most comprehensive and long-standing collection dedicated to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Here she is researching functional roles of these fungi in sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management.
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