The Garden of the Gods. Plants and Myth between History and Legend

The naturalistic cultural association BIOMA, external unit of the Network for the Study of Mycological Diversity (ISPRA), under the patronage of the Municipality of Monte Romano, presents: “The Garden of the Gods. Plants and Myth between History and Legend.”

The initiative is part of the activities promoting and disseminating mycological culture within the Ndm Network.

Program

Saturday, 21 February
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Mycological exhibition featuring specimens from the Fungarium of the BIOMA Association.
Art exhibition: Nantasha Grillo; Giuseppina Proli; Graziano Riccio (photo section by Franco Di Claudio, Fabrizio Rocchetti).

4:00 PM
Public lecture entitled:
“The Garden of the Gods: Plants and Myth between History and Legend”
(Perseus and the founding of Mycenae, and the use of mushrooms in the Eleusinian mysteries)
By Giuseppe Fusco.

Sunday, 22 February
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Art and mycological exhibition.

9:00 AM
Mycological field meeting led by mycologist J.K. Pinget Barrios
(field activity by reservation – mobile: +39 3348555960)

4:00 PM
Public lecture
“Urban Biodiversity”
By Mattia Poletti.