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Fungus man - a drawing of a carving by Charles Edenshaw in the late 1800s depicting the Haida myth of the origin of women Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
"How to Banish Evil Spirits:
Uses of Fungi by Northern Peoples"
Friday, November 18, 8 pm
(7 pm cash bar and social hour)
(7 pm cash bar and social hour)
Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, Allston, MA
Hosted by the New England Chapter of the Explorer's Club
$10 donation requested
Explorer, author, and mycologist Lawrence Millman will talk about the various ways northern indigenous people use mushrooms - as fire starters, smudges, disinfectants, tobacco substitutes, but almost never as food. The talk will include an introduction to ethnomycology (the cultural uses of mushrooms), a display of various mushrooms important in northern cultures, and a demonstration of how the Siberian Chukchi use polypores to rid their homes of evil spirits.
Your picture at the top is fantastic. You don't often see a photo with such depth
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