PULLMAN – Dr. Frank Dugan, a USDA scientist at WSU will present a talk titled “Fungi in History and Folklore” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 18 in Smith CUE 518.
Dugan is the author of the recently published book “Fungi in the Ancient World: How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East” (2008, APS Press).
Dr. Dugan’s talk encompasses a wide array of folklore and folk legend,from pagans and witches to fairies. A short version of this topic was published this year in “North American Fungi”, as part of a Festschrift in honor of Professor Jack Rogers’ 45th anniversary at WSU. North American Fungi is an online international journal of mycology that was started by another WSU faculty, Dean Glawe.
His talk is sponsored by the Palouse Mycological Association and the Department of Plant Pathology.
The url for this article is:
https://www.pnwfungi.org/pdf_files/manuscripts_volume_3/naf20087/naf200874.pdf
