FRIDAY, 7 JUNE
MOLE ANTONELLIANA AULA DEL TEMPIO
7:30 PM
Held under the aegis of the European Plant Science Organization (EPSO), Fascination of Plants Day involves plant scientists from around the world in presenting plants and plant science to the general public.
The Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, the Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) of the National Research Council (CNR) and the coordinators of FoPD in Italy will hold a discussion with Mariangela Girlanda, plant ecologist and mycologist, University of Turin, and Vincenzo Guarnieri, biochemist and science popularizer, on the role of fungi and their interactions with plants. The discussion will be held in conjunction with the showing of Fungi: Web of Life.
Fungi: The Web of Life by Joseph Nizeti and Gisela Kaufmann (Australia 2022, 45’)
Most of life on earth is interconnected by a vast underground network of mushrooms, a sort of realm overlapping flora and fauna, hidden from view and yet to be discovered. Biologist Merlin Sheldrake introduces the myriad varieties of fungi with the help of his microscope and reveals the secret life of these organisms, their role in biodiversity, medicine, and degradation of plastic waste. Bjork narrates as we make our way from the Tasmanian rainforest in Tarkine to the misty wilderness of Yunnan in China on a journey to find a solution to the urgent needs of our planet.
