Exploring the Mycoverse: Braiding Sweetgrass - The Sacred & the Superfund

Arlington Garden,  Monday October 21 @ 7 pm Join the Mycoverse community in reading and discussing Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer offers how we can understand the world through a plurality of knowledges: indigenous wisdom, western science, and the wisdom plants and fungi behold. Two chapters dedicated to the teachings of fungi in Braiding Sweetgrass! One on Umbilicaria (a lichen who lives here in SoCal) and another on Shkitagen (aka the tinder fungus aka chaga). Before our discussion, the Mycoverse invites you to:

• Read pages 303-384 of the section on Burning Sweetgrass
• one focus of discussion will be on The Sacred and The Superfund, a chapter on ecological restoration. How does care fit into the scientific frameworks of healing the land?
• If you have not had a chance to read previous sections, you are still very welcome to join us for this discussion, it's not too late to come along!

About Exploring the Mycoverse Exploring the Mycoverse is a fungi-focused community education group founded by the mycologist Aaron Tupac. Founded in 2021, the Mycoverse has hosted over 60 events connecting over 500 people. We meet regularly to discuss fungi with a focus on cultivating community, joy and connection intentionally.