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The Borders especially Tweeddale has over the years been the site of many important mycological discoveries and the area has been the stomping ground of many naturalists who have concentrated on the collection and study of fungi. Some of the latter fungi bear their finder's name embodied in the scientific terminology still used today. The lecture will explore the world of these mycologists and their nineteenth century net-working and the fungi they observed. It will also deal with the attraction of Tweeddale over the years for mycologists from further a field using the area, especially the Dawyck Botanic Garden, as a base to undertake their fungal researches. These factors all give this area of Scotland a rich natural heritage which needs to be recognized. |
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Roy Watling is a retired mycologist who was formerly the Head of Mycology and Plant Pathology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh where he was Acting Regius Keeper for a spell. He has travelled extensively abroad especially to South East Asia where he still carries out teaching commitments and undertakes collecting expeditions. He was awarded an MBE for services to mycology and is the author of several books and over a hundred publications both in academic journals and he more popular media covering mycological and conservation issues. In addition to being President or Chairman of several national societies he has been recognised with several Visiting University Readerships and Professorships and currently holds such a post in Ramkhanhaeng, Thailand. He has been short-listed for the prestigious 2012 Individual Nature of Scotland award. |
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